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Alternatives specialist boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... strategies. "By bolstering our distribution team we aim to support investors' increased interest in the alternative asset classes and differentiated strategies we offer," Hall said. "We are very well placed with expertise across the investment spectrum ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... protecting their clients' money. Sahota's team pitched five reasons to invest in private debt: low correlation to other asset classes; structural protections like covenants that protect capital; floating-rate returns that hedge against changes in inflation ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... featuring a mix of managed funds, direct shares and property is sufficiently diverse, while 87% believe four or more asset classes are required. Finally, the report shows 89% of advisers believe product manufacturers and service providers can aid the ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... dimensional through an outperformance measure. The second issue is the little ability to make decisions between asset classes or portfolio trade-offs; and lastly the governance oversight can become myopic, focusing on what's happening at an asset class ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Venture capital and private equity will be the investment vehicle of choice because with no correlation to traditional asset classes they can cushion portfolios against downturns in equity markets, Crestone chief executive Michael Chisholm said. For ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... momentum, growing US$183 billion and US$40 billion respectively. While sovereign wealth funds invest across a range of asset classes, equities and fixed income constitute an important component of most investment portfolios (82% and 78% respectively). ...

New manager raising $30m for crypto fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... volatility. But Nguyen said this was coincidental. "Actually, one of the advantages is that it is uncorrelated to a lot of asset classes right now. You may see some macro pattern emerging at times, but we would not say there's a direct correlation at ...

Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... have," Smoker said. SaxoTraderPRO allows trading of stocks, bonds, ETFs CFDs, futures, options, forex and other asset classes on compatible multi-screen Windows and Mac computers. Traders will be charged on the volume of securities that they trade, with ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... expansion of our ETF range offers more tools to help investors build well diversified portfolios - across and within asset classes and investment styles, and according to their appetite for risk," Reyes said. QEG Australian head Michael Roach added ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... SMSF trustees. It's important to not only consider diversification in the equities held but also across different asset classes, including infrastructure and property for example," Keegan said. The survey also found SMSF trustees were increasing cash ...