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BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... 2015, access to overseas markets is the second most important reason individual investors seek out ETFs, after diversification. "These products allow us to address this need and provide investors with exposure to European and Japanese companies, while ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... combines these factors in a portfolio so that none is competing against another, and creating the greater style diversification that institutions are looking for. The advantage is that different factors tend to perform differently as markets change ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... outperform both equities and bonds over the next five years. "Agriculture is a hedge against inflation, provides diversification with a low correlation to the equity market, the earnings in a negative interest rate environment are attractive, and it's ...

VanEck global infrastructure ETF goes live

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... asset classes," Neiron said. "The FTSE Index is transparent and rules-based ensuring sector targets which provide diversification and reduces concentration risk at both the sub-sector and stock level. This index has become the global infrastructure benchmark ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... not predicting an imminent fall in house prices, the analysis does suggest the time is now prudent to consider diversification into other areas, particularly companies that make their earnings predominantly overseas. The rationale for doing so is compounded ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... an effective way to generate solid risk-adjusted returns, with performance driven predominantly by asset class diversification. However Newman warns that in periods of systematically low growth, even multi-asset managers may be limited in what they can ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Milliman has criticised "typical" Australian balanced portfolios and a diversification approach to risk management. Noting that 60/40 balanced portfolios "experienced losses of 20% or more at the nadir of [the GFC]," Milliman's report said that this ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
China's bond markets can provide investors with strong yield and diversification opportunities, according to Western Asset Management. In a whitepaper discussing the significance of the Chinese economy in global markets, head of investment management ...

Investors must adapt to 'new normal'

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... performance in the 'new normal'. "International equities provide a wide range of growth opportunities and offer strong diversification benefits that impact an investor's wealth accumulation strategy," said Cavagila. "The resilient yield component of ...

Plato releases global managed risk fund for retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... stable income, we don't believe this means they need to invest in cash and property and miss out on the capital and diversification benefits of equities - both domestic and global. "Initial feedback from the market to our Global Share Income Fund has ...