Australian funds show interest in smarter, less volatile strategies for ageing population

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AXA IM launches Global SmartBeta Equity pooled fund It’s a well known fact we are living longer, in fact a new research paper from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) indicates... Read more continue reading

Lonsec approves Market Vectors Australian ETFs

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Market Vectors ETFs (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, yesterday announced it has received ‘Investment GradeIndex’ ratings from research house, Lonsec,... Read more continue reading

Alternative investing – deep dive portfolio construction thinking for financial advisers

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Some great feedback on a previous AdviserVoice article has led Select Investment Partners’ Chief Operating Officer Alex Wise to address specific points provided by the AdviserVoice adviser community. Alex writes his... Read more continue reading

Quantitative easing creates investment ‘Waterworld’

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Visiting global strategist Michael Power from Investec Asset Management suggests new safe havens for stranded investors The enormous injections of liquidity via quantitative easing (QE) has created a financial ‘Waterworld’,... Read more continue reading

Synchronised global growth expected in 2014 despite policy uncertainty

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Russell Investments is forecasting modest gains for equity markets and higher bond yields in 2014 following growth in major world economies, according to capital markets research released by the global... Read more continue reading

Charter Hall’s DIF2 acquires new $12.5m industrial facility

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Charter Hall’s Direct Industrial Fund No.2 (DIF2) has acquired a new $12.5 million industrial facility in Gracemere Industry Park, Rockhampton reflecting an initial yield of 8.5%. The property will be... Read more continue reading

Complex income & assets tests at risk of impeding care for aged parents

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Leading wealth management firm, Centric Wealth, today said that the current cost of aged care services, combined with complex carer and pension entitlements rules, means an increasing number of families... Read more continue reading

Times are a’changing: RRE GPS driving ‘next-generation’ approach to real estate investing

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Investors encouraged to look offshore to diversify away from ‘over-concentrated’ A-REIT index Independent fund manager Resource Real Estate Global Property Securities (Australia) (RRE GPS) says Australian institutional investors need to... Read more continue reading

Lessons from the ‘sleeping giant’. Not sleeping after all?

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What investors can learn from the Japanese experience At a time when investors from developed nations are facing the relatively new challenge of the ‘hunt for yield’, investors from one... Read more continue reading

Hedge funds offer attractive alternative for Australian investors

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Hedge funds have earned their place as valuable components in Australian retail investor portfolios, according to Jarrod Brown, Bennelong Funds Management Chief Executive Officer. Jarrod said that hedge funds, which... Read more continue reading