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Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less appeal as a risk diversification tool and financial advisers have had to rethink their traditional planning techniques. Milliman Australia principal, Wade ...

FIIG to arrange record bond issue

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... SCT Logistics can access the Australian bond market, reinforcing the maturity of the market and servicing the diversification needs of both investors and issuers." The SCT Logistics bond issue is the fifth that FIIG has arranged for 2015, following successful ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... will account for approximately 11.1% of the fund. "This change in benchmark will provide investors with broader diversification and offer more comprehensive exposure to emerging markets shares," Vanguard's Asia Pacific head of investments Rodney Comegys ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... Australian equities risk and reduce cash holdings and rebalance their portfolios to incorporate greater geographic diversification. "Given that some of the best returns right now are being offered by offshore stock markets, SMSFs are missing out on these ...

Emerging markets equity fund launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Identifying Australian investors looking for diversification away from local equities and wanting exposure to emerging markets has led a US-based fund manager to further their operations down under. Harding Loevner LP announced the launch of its first ...

InvestSense launches asset allocation guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... its latest asset allocation model, InvestSense highlights the fact that bonds cannot be relied upon to provide diversification benefits during poor economic conditions. Andronaco recommends scaling back fixed income positions and holding shorter duration ...

Blue Sky raises $20m for LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... have the potential to enhance returns, and with the share market and property valuation looking stretched, the diversification alternative assets provides is key to reducing a portfolio's volatility and correlation to traditional markets," McNab said.A ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... suggest," he added. "What's more, Australians investing globally benefit from both greater regional and sector diversification when compared to investing domestically. "The risks to dividends and dividend growth are greatly reduced when investors take ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... weather a sharp correction is potentially misplaced. As we saw during the global financial crisis, the traditional diversification strategies adopted by a large number of investors have limitations in preventing significant capital losses." The survey ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... caused people, globally and in Australia, to think a lot more about capital security, yield, proper asset class diversification, and outcome focused investing, and this has led them towards fixed income investments. This thinking is becoming much more ...