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Income-seeking investors returning to secured credit

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
According to international investment manager Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle), the positive performance of this asset class is causing some institutional investors to allocate between 5% and 50% to secured credit. Steven Fleming from the investment ...

Strategy & name change for Aberdeen fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... remains consistent with their existing risk/return expectations and how this change might affect their overall investment portfolio.

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
The key to a successful volatility strategy is active management as long-only positions can lead to losses, said a recently released paper by van Eyk. van Eyk's research tested a number of different investment portfolios, which combined varying amounts ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... structured products would be wrong. "They have a legitimate and - at times - rewarding role to play in an investment portfolio," he said. "For a self managed super fund with $500 000 a structured product may offer an ideal way to capture market upside ...

First State Super butts out tobacco

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... has excluded investments in all companies involved in the manufacture of tobacco products from its entire investment portfolio. The move builds on First State Super's exclusion of tobacco-related investments from socially responsible options eight years ...

Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Macquarie Adviser Services has updated its term deposit offering for advisers as the investment option grows in popularity among self managed superannuation funds. The update adds online maturities and data feed improvements that aim to streamline the ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... wealth and that should be the number one priority. It shouldn't necessarily be to shoot the lights out in an investment portfolio this year or next and fundamentally good advice reflects that," Cuffe said.

AMP to acquire Cavendish

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Cavendish Group is a privately owned company consisting of three operating entities - SMSF Administration, Investment Portfolio Administration, and Actuarial Services. The AMP acquisition relates to the SMSF Administration and Investment Portfolio Administration ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... development. "Higher volatility and lower returns have focused investors on the things they can control within their investment portfolio," said Bowerman. Within the core sample of 1,854 investors however, it should be noted that this year there were ...

Property syndicate launches for HNW and SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Charter Hall Direct Property has launched a new single property syndicate for high net worth investors and self managed super funds, in response to growing demand for investment opportunities in Perth's CBD. "We are currently in one of the best buying ...