Beyond the hedge – lessons from a decade of alternative investing

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Advisers and their retail clients cast a wary eye whenever the expression ‘hedge fund’ is raised. Why so? Institutional investors have embraced alternative investing with great vigour, while the regulator,... Read more continue reading

Sticking to traditional investment strategies means investors could be missing out on global equity hidden gems: River & Mercantile

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Boutique global equity manager combines classic and ‘Thematic’ investing to identify often overlooked stocks Global equities fund manager, River and Mercantile Asset Management LLP (R&M), believes Australian institutional investors could... Read more continue reading

MGD Wealth, the Customised Portfolio Services success story

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Select achieves business and investment objectives of MGD Wealth and its clients The Select Asset Management Limited group (Select) and MGD Wealth Limited (MGD Wealth) have strengthened their partnership after... Read more continue reading

CSSA Renews Calls on Treasury to Preserve Corporate Super Services for Employers and Fund Members

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The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) is seeking a Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation so that employers and fund members can continue to receive the financial services they need... Read more continue reading

Be wary of investment short-cuts that promise out-performance

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With the market and investor sentiment on the way up, one lesson investors should remember is that trying to take shortcuts to achieve out-performance is unlikely to be sustainable and... Read more continue reading

New era of e-contributions to change the face of super

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The coming three months will see Australian employers and their myriad of superannuation providers digest some of the biggest systems reforms since the introduction of the GST. The joint employer... Read more continue reading

Aon Benfield analyzes 8 key trends facing insurers at 13th Hazards Conference

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Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE:AON),  reveals eight trends that create opportunities for insurers at the Aon Benfield 13th Biennial Hazards Conference in... Read more continue reading

Xpress Super gets thumbs up from Survey

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The decision by the specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator SuperGuardian to introduce the low-cost option Xpress Super has been strongly endorsed by the 2013 Smart Investor Administrator Survey. Xpress Super,... Read more continue reading

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