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Investment

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns.

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
TCorp is demonstrating its scale as one of Australia's largest fund managers by creating a sophisticated and bespoke investment solution for the New South Wales government.

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Australia leading index below trend; US house prices disappoints so does Euro consumer confidence; Bank of Thailand holds policy steady.

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
BetaShares has launched the first exchange-traded fund product in its global sector ETF suite.

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Exchange traded bond units inside separately managed accounts are addressing previous investor portfolio inefficiencies and allowing a greater ability to deliver outcomes-based investment models.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Australia residential property prices fall; German economic sentiment and UK industrial orders improve; Hong Kong inflation eases.

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Assets in Australian objectives-based managed funds have quadrupled over the last decade to about $10 billion yet risk and return outcomes are not necessarily living up to expectations.

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
A portfolio of conventional blue chip stocks will only ever provide mediocre long-term returns given the constraints these companies are under, according to Montgomery Investment Management chair Roger Montgomery.

Perpetual becomes trustee for $900m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Perpetual will act as trustee for a $900 million Singapore real estate investment trust IPO.