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Blend art with your investment science

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The inability of quantitative measures of risk and volatility to prepare institutional investors for the financial crisis has sparked a renewed interest in the art of asset allocation, writes DANIEL GRIOLI of FuturePlus. In his book Capital Ideas, Peter Bernstein relates the story of how financial theories such as meanvariance optimisation, the capital asset pricing … Read more

Hedge funds want to reclaim their reputation

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Hedge fund managers are meeting a much more sceptical investing public after the September 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. In 2008 the average hedge fund fell in value by 19 per cent, according to Hedge Fund Research. “2008 was a turning point in so many ways,” Kevin Gundle, CEO of hedge fund-of-funds manager Aurum told … Read more

Funds doubt big Stronger Super savings

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Bill Shorten says his proposed changes to superannuation will increase retirement savings by about $40,000 for a 30-year-old worker earning average fulltime wages. This claim, along with proposals to change superannuation, were made last month by the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, who says the reforms are the most significant since 9 per cent … Read more

Investors Face Diverging Carbon Policies

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Taxing carbon emissions in Australia would align with Mercer Investment Consulting’s prediction that world regions will pursue different ways of pricing emissions, says Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment for the business in the Asia-Pacific region. Birgden says regulators in the U.S., Europe, China, Australia and New Zealand are developing different carbon pricing mechanisms and this will affect global investors such as superannuation funds. “There are carbon pricing signals in the market but it’s fragmented. It’s not global,” Birgden says. A carbon tax in Australia would provide policy certainty for domestic equity investors. But their growing international exposures will be impacted by pricing policies offshore, she says.

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Wall Street will pressure regulators, says NYU Professor Viral Acharya

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Wall Street is likely to exploit differences among national regulators to weaken oversight of their business as governments struggle with anaemic growth and rising unemployment, says Viral Acharya, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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