Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Investment

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The fallacy that taking high investment risks by its nature leads to high returns leads to too many investors taking unnecessary risks, said a major European investment manager.

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Institutional investors are shooting themselves in the foot by pressuring managers running their hedge fund mandates to chase broad market returns, according to a leading US hedge fund manager.

Blue Sky acquires hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has acquired all of the shares in hedge fund manager Investment Science.

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Market Vectors ETFs (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, has received an 'Investment Grade Index' rating from research house, Lonsec.

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has raised alarm bells that the low rate venture capital fund raising in Australia could have serious long term economic implications.

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
High net worth (HNW) investors now hold around $1.4 trillion in investable assets, almost as much as the entire superannuation system, according to new data from Investment Trends.

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested into Invesco's North American Core Direct Property Fund, which invests exclusively in North American direct property assets.

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers has developed a smart beta investment option that includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

BestEx enters joint venture with US trading firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Australian outsourced trading firm BestEx has entered into a joint venture with US counterpart TORA offering global trading services to Australia-based fund managers.

La Trobe issues first mortgage-backed securities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
La Trobe Financial has priced its first capital markets residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issuance as part of the group's overall funding strategy from domestic and foreign institutional investors.