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Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
We've peered through the Hole and we saw something - we think. Now it's the Europeans turn. Yes Virginia, the Europeans are back in town! And yes, Virginia, we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

Buy-right and equity managers will deliver income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
A growing proportion of superannuation assets being owned by retirees is re-orienting investment product design towards producing income, but delivering this in a sideways yet volatile capital market requires investment managers to change their approach. ...

Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Treasury Group has acquired a 20% equity stake in Singapore based multi-strategy Asian equities manager, Octis Asset Management. Treasury Group (TRG) said that it had also acquired an option to increase its stake by 10% if requirements linked to new ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
All assets with risk attached to them are jumping with joy and dancing on the streets. Global equities - measured by the MSCI All-Country World Index - jumped by 2.3% overnight, the biggest one-day gain since 20 December. The euro hopped above US$1.25. ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Shiver me timbers! If you ever doubted that the markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, the equity markets' performance over the past 24 hours will make a believer out of ya'll. Forget Europe, China's coming to the rescue. ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
MSCI has released the fourth version of its Australian Equity Risk Model, designed to give Portfolio Managers better insight into risk and return. The Barra Australia Equity Model (AUE4) adapts to market volatility, so that forecasts and actual results ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
Economic global weight shifting towards Asia is being accompanied by rapid development in the Asian private equity market. The sector is estimated at about $50 billion, and after several years of falls appears to now be regrouping and climbing up from ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Global investment manager Industry Funds Management has released a new suite of low carbon / ESG portfolios drawn from indexed Australian equities. The capability, which has attracted a $100 million mandate from HESTA, is centred on tailoring portfolios ...

Five Oceans wins global equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
Australian international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management has been chosen to run Skandia Investment Group's US$350 million global equity fund. Until now the fund had been managed by JP Morgan Asset Management. "Five Oceans Asset Management ...