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US core property on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... increased exposure to US core property in 2016 as they exhaust opportunities in local markets and search for global diversification. L&B Realty Advisors executive vice president and senior portfolio manager Christian Metten said Australian instos are ...

Uncertain environment fuelling risky investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... lazy savers this means looking for growth assets that will also add to their capital over time. For retirees, diversification and increased returns is achieved by adding a number of different yield-producing assets, thus managing risk through diversification ...

SMSF trustees remain prudent investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... APRA shows trustees in self-managed super are maintaining solid investment performance and managing portfolio diversification well. SMSF Association head of technical Peter Hogan said ATO statistics show that in four of the eight years from 2007 to 2014 ...

FirstChoice Alternatives adds new macro manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... Alternatives portfolio manager at Colonial First State, Guneet Rana said: "Discretionary macro managers bring diversification benefits with their returns not only lowly correlated to equity and bond markets but also across macro managers." "The addition ...

The changing role of ETF model portfolios

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... as a strategy," Parkin said. "What they're looking for is to get a very research driven, robust, process around diversification and using ETFs. "As goals-based planning has increased, knowing what the end result will be or expected result will be is ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... absence of an infrastructure performance benchmark, a growing number of institutions understand the volatility and diversification benefits associated with investing in infrastructure. "Even though there may be issues on measuring the total returns - ...

VanEck ETFs receive Zenith rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... simple mechanism to re-weight capitalisation exposure will find appeal to those seeking compromise between cost and diversification." The fund - which is the only fund of its kind in Australia - has outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 by 9.73% over the past ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by their market capitalisation. Additional portfolio diversification will be provided by the index capping sector weight at 25% and single stock weight at 6%. The ETF provides investors ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... strategy and international equities, Stanley Yeo, said: "For IOOF, a dedicated small cap allocation brings a range of diversification benefits including greater access to the emerging consumer, attractive valuations and potentially higher risk-adjusted ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... earnings are internally taxed within the fund - in this case 30% - and also that they offer the same asset class diversification as managed funds, but with the added benefit of a tax advantaged structure that managed funds can't match. Investment bond ...