ASSET ALLOCATION

Editorial

Stephen Nash looks at the current SMSF allocation of equities versus bonds and argues the reverse allocation would play out significantly in favour of the investor....

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Superannuation

Falling interest rates could force Australian superannuation funds to boost allocations to alternative assets to enhance investment returns....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) may need to revise the $200,000 figure it placed on the success of self-managed super fund (SMSF) starters aft...

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Financial planning

Some investors want to "dip their toes" into the investment world by comparing their asset allocation and performance with those of their peers....

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Editorial

What are the benefits of using a commodity trading adviser (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation, and where should that allocation come f...

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Editorial

Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....

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Editorial

Select Asset Management’s Dominic McCormick says it’s time investors reduced their reliance on simplistic risk categories in asset allocation....

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Superannuation

WHK is in the process of assessing super fund IT providers to help the group improve its SMSF client services....

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Editorial

Matt Drennan writes that much of the debate about investment markets and methodologies overlooks the importance of client needs....

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Financial planning

A panel of experts including Stephen van Eyk will next month traverse the thorny issue of the signs advisers will need to recognise when looking to move clients back into...

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Editorial

Investors naturally want to maximise return, but they need to do so in a way that moderates portfolio risk. Dr Stephen Nash explores the benefits of active switching betw...

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Editorial

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

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Editorial

It is no surprise investors and financial advisers are confused in what has become a dysfunctional economic and investment environment, according to Dominic McCormick....

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Editorial

The risk of using modern portfolio theory – like any model – is that if poor inputs go into the model, poor results come out. Michael Kitces explains....

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Funds management

Modern portfolio theory still has a place in portfolio construction, but fund managers have been taking the wrong approach, according to Pinnacle Advisory head of researc...

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