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FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Among the 81 findings in the Australian Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... nothing and the stock is yielding 3%," and that is not a valuation argument." "Investors have a clear choice here: either focus on managing short-term relative performance, because the main risk is missing out on a final rally, or focus on how to maximise ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha is joining the list of people saying it makes sense for Australian's to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related companies. Within the last six months Insync bought back in to AB InBev ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... survey found working in insurance unappealing because of the sector's image. "At a time when the insurance industry needs to focus on developing brand reputation and delivering customer-centric product offerings and communication channels, attracting ...

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... settle the lawsuit for purely commercial reasons, to avoid ongoing legal costs and to enable the fund's management to fully focus on the important task of continuing the strong growth of the fund for the benefit of all Australians," the Future Fund said. ...

Eslake leaves Bank of America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Eslake, Alex Joiner, will head BoAML's economics division, a spokesperson told Financial Standard. Eslake reportedly left to focus on his own consultancy firm, based in Hobart, after more than three years as chief economist at BoAML. He previously held ...

K2 to list managed fund on the ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
K2 Asset Management will list a version of its actively managed K2 Global Equities Fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The fund invests in globally listed equities, focusing on high quality stocks. The strategy is actively managed, index ...

Boutique managers consistently outperform: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Active boutique fund managers have consistently outperformed both non-boutique peers and indices over the past 20 years, global research found. US-based Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) study The boutique premium found that over the last two decades ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... soon'" ( The Guardian ) "Greek crisis pushes stocks lower" ( Nasdaq.com ) "Gold down on dollar strength, Greek crisis in focus" ( India Times )...and even this, from the GreekReporter.com, "Sex Is the Best Antidote for Greece During the Crisis" The word ...