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Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... aggressive high volatility managers will have the performance edge over the moderate volatility manager. The study found that post GFC, the typical moderate volatility manager has outperformed their high volatility counterpart 85 percent of the time. ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... it was the rising costs of living that were the greatest threat to their retirement savings followed by poor health and the GFC.

Investors call planners to charge performance-based fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... Around 40 per cent of investors expect to pay lower advice fees following the dent to their portfolios in the wake of the GFC. And while discussions continue to swirl around fees for service versus commissions, with the government proposals to ban commissions ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... challenge is that Australian investors that have bought into single projects have been burned by downward valuations during the GFC, while Australia's low level of government debt ironically mean there are fewer major government instrumentalities likely ...

Rising markets boost Perpetual's bottom line

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... by almost 3 percent to $26.9 billion. The company said that while fund flows are improving, they remain well short of pre-GFC levels. The company also revealed that a 1 per cent move in the All Ordinaries Index usually results in an annualised revenue ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... dropped. Yields on US government bonds with 5, 10 and 30-year maturities are back down to their levels at the height of the GFC. The yield on two-year Treasuries dropped to 0.48 per cent - the lowest on record. This implies two things. Either the sky ...

GFC not over, but opportunities abundant: TRG

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Asians did a reasonably good job of it. [It's] one of the reasons why Asia's so strong at the moment," he said. "During the GFC, the US pretty much did the opposite and refused to take the pain." On the other hand, Lynn Thornton, fund manager at Aubrey ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... companies are still hesitant when it comes to taking advantage of the business opportunities following their experiences in the GFC. What's more, the recent failed attempt by British insurer Prudential's of their US$35 billion bid for AIA the leading ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... financial planners in Australia. However, their collective insight still gives some indication on where new money is flowing post-GFC. The Investment Trends research found that more than two thirds of all planners now advise on direct shares, and this ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... local direct property market has been a beacon for institutional investors hoping to beef up their property portfolios post GFC. But while competition might be tight for pension fund investors, the reverse can be said for "opportunistic investors" such ...