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Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... than half of their portfolio invested in one asset class, despite more than 80% recognising the importance of diversification. New research from the SMSF Association and Investment Trends shows 47% of SMSFs allocated more than 50% of their portfolio ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... Investors are increasingly adopting bond ETFs to gain four major benefits: liquidity, transparency, low fees and diversification. This is according to S&P Dow Jones Indices director of fixed income product management, Jason Giordano, who likes to remind ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... further decentralized, clean power generation and energy solutions including storage and it represents an important diversification factor for our growing portfolio," Zanni said. More Aussie investments to come SUSI closed a roughly $400 million energy ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... and "offer significant protection to unexpected tail events in global equity markets," it said. The fund said diversification is an important facet of its investment strategy and has delivered strong returns net of costs while reducing volatility. "We ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... introduced ETFs, with Bowerman adding: "Increasingly, we see Australian investors looking to add international diversification to their portfolios, and these ETFs offer broad international exposure while at the same time providing greater ability to ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... premia, Goodworth said. It mostly came about because institutional investors were often interested in getting diversification but were structurally prohibited from buying products that looked like hedge funds. "A lot of new assets were on the scene that ...

Mason Stevens launches global equity SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... Australia's Franklin Concentrated Global Equity Ex-Australia Model Portfolio SMA suits investors seeking global diversification and are prepared to accept higher volatility in return for higher growth potential. The international equities model portfolio ...

BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... week in portfolio administration tasks, while clients list the main benefits as being greater transparency (64%), diversification (59%) and direct ownership of underlying assets (52%). Advantages cited by advisers include efficient access to professional ...

SMSFs seek offshore diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
SMSF investment in international managed funds, ETFs and direct shares continues to climb as exposure to cash and term deposits drops. Latest analysis from SuperConcepts shows allocations to international investments rose by 1.3% in the 12 months to ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... students of the time," Haifer said. "We're aiming to achieve approximately 15-20 positions, to allow for some diversification while also giving us enough time to put in decent research into our investment ideas." Haifer also established the Alternative ...