Time to go Overweight on Energy Stocks – Without Having to Pick Winners

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Energy Sector ETF Allows Investors to Tilt Their Portfolios for Capital Growth Australian-owned sector ETF provider, Australian Index Investments (Aii), believes that with the growth in energy costs worldwide that... Read more continue reading

Dividends are back in fashion, so how do you know the designers from the fakes – Russell paper

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Russell urges investors to look beyond yield this reporting season With Rio Tinto upping its payout to shareholders and JB Hi-Fi, Cochlear and OZ Minerals following suit this reporting season,... Read more continue reading

Global REITs to deliver 8-12% returns in 2011 underpinned by economic improvement and dividends, says INGIM

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Global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are expected to continue to deliver positive returns for the third year running, as an improving global economy and growing dividends help them continue... Read more continue reading

High Frequency Trading (HFT)

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Introduction Recently, trading speeds on stock markets have increased dramatically as technology has been brought to bear on decision making as well as the matching and execution of trades. High... Read more continue reading

Russell advises cautious approach to volatility investing

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Russell has released a research paper to raise awareness and encourage discussion Proper education required to understand payoffs and risks An exposure to volatility can offer investors the opportunity to... Read more continue reading

ITG launches POSIT Marketplace in Australia to help manage trading costs in an increasingly complex market

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New ITG liquidity aggregator aims to reduce Australian trading costs Changing trading landscape means fund managers need tools to keep pace with best execution Investment Technology Group (ITG), a leading... Read more continue reading

Fund managers say Aussie sharemarket is no longer overvalued: Russell survey

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Australian fund managers more wary of global concerns than their US counterparts Opportunities exist in resources sector but managers cold on Telcos Now could be a good time to get... Read more continue reading

Income strategies expected to surge as dividends improve

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Buybacks returning as era of cautious balance sheets ends Income-based strategies are likely to become more appealing to investors as companies restore their dividends and come under increasing pressure to... Read more continue reading

Economic Value Added

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At the heart of successful investing is the question of the valuation of assets. It is often possible to make money from low quality assets if they can be bought... Read more continue reading

Personal Investment Policy Statements

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It is standard practice for professional fund managers to prepare an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) to guide investment decisions and to force them to be clear about exactly what the... Read more continue reading