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Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Boutique investment manager Instreet has launched a structured product that gives high growth investors a lower threshold to break even over a three-year period. The Instreet Series Link 48A is a leveraged product designed to perform in subdued markets. ...

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Financial advisers are still expecting SMSF revenues to increase as a percentage of their practice revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Towers Watson's institutional investment clients have allocated over $15 billion to Smart Beta solutions in the past five years. Smart Beta, which is actually hybrid of beta and alpha strategies, is an approach that uses a selection of analytical tools ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
UK based emerging and frontier market specialist Advanced Emerging Capital has entered the Australian market to give investors access to alpha boosting small to mid cap firms from these markets. Advanced Emerging Capital specialises in emerging and ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Investment Management Consultants Association Australia has named the winners of its annual CIMA scholarship. CIMA is an academically accredited course that seeks to address the unique demands and requirements of investment consultants and fund ...

Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Macquarie Investment Management has won a $105 million mandate from Amundi Alternative Investments' Managed Account Platform to actively trade G10 currencies. "We are delighted that Amundi, one of Europe's largest and most reputable asset managers ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
The performance of emerging manager hedge funds is roughly twice that of established manager hedge funds over the past 20 years, according to new research. This is despite large hedge funds attracting most of the inflows, said Peter Urbani, formerly ...

Private markets providing solid returns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Institutional portfolios with an allocation to private markets can achieve better risk-adjusted returns in the long term than portfolios invested exclusively in a traditional mix of public stock and bonds, according to new research by Towers Watson. ...

Fidante Partners continues expansion with new hire

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners, the boutique business division of Challenger Limited, has hired Brett Chatfield as an institutional business development manager, based in Melbourne. This is Fidante Partners' first new appointment since the business was separately ...

BlackRock funds target new investment climate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
BlackRock Australia has launched two new funds that aim to achieve returns through long/short investment strategies, in response to what the company views as long-term market conditions. "It is unlikely we will see a return to the highly liquid, low ...