Last month’s Budget was bad for superannuation on several
counts – particularly the long count up to 67, writies AIST chief executive
offier FIONA REYNOLDS.
Volatility – the asset class and how to use it
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Drawing on his previous experience as a super fund executive, and his current role running distribution for (among other things) a global volatility fund, DENIS CARROLL addressed a recent CIE Conference on the potential role for volatility-based products in future portfolio construction. Here’s an abridged version of his talk.
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Drawing on his previous experience as a super fund executive, and his current role running distribution for (among other things) a global volatility fund, DENIS CARROLL addressed a recent CIE Conference on the potential role for volatility-based products in future portfolio construction. Here’s an abridged version of his talk.
Merger tax break spurs Suncorp-Asteron clean-up
Suncorp Wealth Management has taken advantage of the Government’s temporary waiver of capital loss crystallisation on successor fund transfers to dramatically simplify its retirement savings offerings, reducing the number of unit prices it cuts daily from 1000 to 150.
Merger tax break spurs Suncorp-Asteron clean-up
Suncorp Wealth Management has taken advantage of the Government’s temporary waiver of capital loss crystallisation on successor fund transfers to dramatically simplify its retirement savings offerings, reducing the number of unit prices it cuts daily from 1000 to 150.
DST follows clients with global restructure
DST International has renamed and restructured itself to become DST Global Solutions, reflecting the fact its largest custodian and funds manager clients are now global players, while it’s also embraced the ‘software as a service’ delivery model over the ‘application service provider’ approach. Returning to work last month after some weeks spent recovering from illness, DST’s Australian CEO Ian Mathieson also predicted that administration of super funds and platforms would be the firm’s biggest growth area in the short-term.
DST follows clients with global restructure
DST International has renamed and restructured itself to become DST Global Solutions, reflecting the fact its largest custodian and funds manager clients are now global players, while it’s also embraced the ‘software as a service’ delivery model over the ‘application service provider’ approach. Returning to work last month after some weeks spent recovering from illness, DST’s Australian CEO Ian Mathieson also predicted that administration of super funds and platforms would be the firm’s biggest growth area in the short-term.
Currency alpha is only for the careful
Foreign exchange has been a rare source of positive return recently, but investors shouldn’t expect a dazzling choice of managers, writes The Cambridge Strategy’s chief executive PETE HENRICKS. One of the few asset classes to perform in recent times has been foreign exchange. Managers in this space have delivered positive returns to investors, whether wholesale or retail. In particular, it has been institutional investors that chose to opt for this “asset class” that have warmly welcomed the positive returns, especially in last year’s volatile investment climate.
Currency alpha is only for the careful
Foreign exchange has been a rare source of positive return recently, but investors shouldn’t expect a dazzling choice of managers, writes The Cambridge Strategy’s chief executive PETE HENRICKS. One of the few asset classes to perform in recent times has been foreign exchange. Managers in this space have delivered positive returns to investors, whether wholesale or retail. In particular, it has been institutional investors that chose to opt for this “asset class” that have warmly welcomed the positive returns, especially in last year’s volatile investment climate.
Get back to basics with risk premia investing
Recent investment returns have been extremely disappointing
for nearly all fund members – especially those who believed their portfolio was
diversified and well balanced. Unfolding events have emphasised the importance
of focusing on risk premia as the basic building blocks of an investment
portfolio, writes Tyndall/Suncorp Investment Management’s SIMON O’GRADY.
Get back to basics with risk premia investing
Recent investment returns have been extremely disappointing for nearly all fund members – especially those who believed their portfolio was diversified and well balanced. Unfolding events have emphasised the importance of focusing on risk premia as the basic building blocks of an investment portfolio, writes Tyndall/Suncorp Investment Management’s SIMON O’GRADY.
