Man versus machine

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In the latest edition of Global Horizons Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, examines how investors can use behavioural finance to improve their understanding of markets and enhance decision... Read more continue reading

Retirees drive demand for outcome-oriented approach to investing

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Alliance approach provides financial planning practitioners support in building innovative retirement income solutions for specific individual investor objectives Financial advisers are no longer content with the traditional benchmarking approach to... Read more continue reading

The Next Big Test for Japan

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For years the challenge when talking about investing in Japan was to stop people’s eyes glazing over. Today, everyone wants to know where next for Tokyo. A week after the... Read more continue reading

Tipping point: Select Investment Partners confirms growing appetite for alternative investments

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Alternative investments find mainstream favour with sophisticated retail investors and advisers A roundtable of leading Australian and international investors has today ratified growing interest in alternative investment instruments, saying the... Read more continue reading

Not all bonds are created equal

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Altius Asset Management says investors are generally failing to realise there are significant differences between bond funds, and that different management styles are hugely influential in determining whether performance meets... Read more continue reading

Five years after the financial crisis, investors are chasing regular income over high returns

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Findings derived from five years of the CREATE survey series (2009-2013), developed by CREATE-Research and commissioned by Principal Global Investors, reveal a surge in popularity for income focus funds amongst... Read more continue reading

Asgard adds Tyndall fund to platform

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Following its inclusion on Colonial First State’s FirstWrap platform, the Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Fund has also been added to Asgard eWrap. The fund was launched to the retail market... Read more continue reading

Transparency misleading when trading at the fix

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Opacity in the FX market hinders currency transactions with investors fixated on PIT trading Investors need to reconsider the point-in-time (PIT) strategy when trading foreign exchange as transaction costs can... Read more continue reading

Aura Funds Management launches SIV compliant property and equities funds

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Managing Director of AFM, Avi Naidu, said the managed funds are in direct response to enquiries from international clients. The Australian Core Property Fund and Australian Strategic Equities Fund provide... Read more continue reading

Reporting season: don’t let the numbers get in the way of a good story

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Too often investors take reporting season figures at their face value instead of looking deeper to see the real story, says Australian equities fund manager, Hyperion Asset Manager. As a... Read more continue reading