For investors, there may be more to lose now than after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In the months following September 2008, as governments flooded markets with capital, investors took shelter in U.S. Treasury debt. Now the deepening sovereign debt crisis in developed-world economies has taken this risk-free refuge away. Negative real interest rates, ongoing … Read more
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 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
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
As headhunters search to replace Doug McTaggart, CEO of Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), and Hazel McNeilage, head of asset management, the funds manager continues to make moves northward into China. Dr Geoff Raby, the former Australian Ambassador to China who was hired by QIC in September, says he will aim to use his contacts in … Read more
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