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SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... international assets as well. They [SMSFs] have started to recognise this gap but what you'll find is they're prioritising diversification in their portfolios a lot more." SMSF allocations to listed and unlisted managed funds continued to increase, growing ...

Advice firm pays penalty for misleading claims

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Omniwealth's CEO with a statement that investing in property in a self-managed super fund has taxation, leverage and diversification advantages and included a link to the Omniwealth webpage's related article. Omniwealth has removed the statements from ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... highly experienced investment professional, particularly in identifying investment strategies that provide true diversification from the equity and credit risks that dominate most Australian investors' portfolios," Towers Watson investment services director ...

Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Australian REIT indices have returned more than Australian REITs on their own and with less volatility. It's a classic diversification story. "The Australian REIT market is dominated by a handful of names so it's a very chunky index," explained Yeung. ...

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... customer base that demands green investment," Hayes said, and added that green bonds could also be used "as a diversification of fuel sources." "There are a number of layers as to why a project makes sense, which allows people to get comfortable, notwithstanding ...

SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... strategy. "The most commonly cited factors in developing the strategy are the overall risk of the portfolio (65.8%), diversification of the fund's investments (63.4%), and the risk of the fund's investments (61.6%)," Slattery said. "The prevailing attitude ...

AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... a statement the results reflect strong returns from currency and global equity markets and growing success of diversification into unlisted property and infrastructure assets. "Over ten years the option has returned an average of 7.3% each year, well ...

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... funds through the mFund service's participating brokers. "Advisers and investors are starting to recognise the diversification benefits and comparative return of the global credit asset class," Quin said. He explained that "global high yield bonds in ...

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... allocation. At the same time, 62% believe their portfolio is suitably diversified to withstand and 65% believe that diversification alone is enough to protect their portfolios. "This faith in a relatively limited range of strategies could be taken as ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... following investing. They simplify seemingly complex topics including momentum, volatility scaling, futures, portfolio diversification, risk, signal diversification and cross sectional momentum. "We aim to be very transparent about what we do and this ...