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Adapting to changes in the investment landscape

03 October 2013

Marriott, the Income Specialists, gives pointers for investing in today’s dynamic environment.

Bridging the Gap: Global Listed Infrastructure

03 October 2013

Simply spreading your investments across a smattering of asset classes with the idea that diversification should automatically produce a positive result is an approach that’s maybe a little too similar to a roll of the dice. A portfolio of poorly performing investments may be diversified, but it’s not necessarily a path to higher risk-adjusted returns or to the sort of stability one might hope could survive bouts of volatility. For investors hunting for classes to diversify into, Wilson Magee, Director of Global Real Estate and Infrastructure Securities, Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors, has one word: infrastructure.

Liberty makes diversifying unit trust investments easy and affordable

02 October 2013

Liberty, via its subsidiary Liberty Linked Investments Platform (Pty) Ltd, has unveiled the next exciting instalment in its ever-expanding investment offering. The Liberty GateWay Investment Plan allows investors to invest in a range of leading unit trusts.

Concerns over renewed interest in alternative investments

01 October 2013

Recent reports that the local hedge fund industry is attracting growing interest from pension funds should be viewed with serious concern. That is the view of Steven Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of 10X Investments, who says that retirement fund investors need simple, cost-effective investment solutions rather than more complex, expensive options such as hedge funds and other alternative products.

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