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New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... BetaShares Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF is designed to track an index providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by their market capitalisation. Additional portfolio diversification will be provided by the index capping ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix global equities multi-manager structure. EAM said emerging markets small cap stocks are often underrepresented within institutional investors' emerging markets exposures where there is typically a bias ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... sector remains in contraction territory. Three of the five-sub-activity indices - employment (44.3); deliveries (46.5); and, stocks (41.1) - remained in contraction in September. The other two - new orders and sales - rose above 50, indicating expansion. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... 56.4); and sales (up 5.7 points to 51.4); while exports were flat (up 5.3 points to 50.0). Employment (up 2.1 to 46.7) and stocks (down 4.0 points to 44.3) remained in contraction. A 3.2 point drop in new orders sent into contraction with an index reading ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... in August 2015 - combines the most liquid small cap ideas within the Opportunities fund with the most attractive mid-cap stocks from the ASX200 (excluding the 50 largest stocks). In its first trading it has already returned 60.7% before fees. "Previously ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Some of the industry's best-known entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a new listed investment fund which aims to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby ...

Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Automated investment adviser Stockspot branded 638 funds 'fat cats' in its annual survey of superannuation and managed fund performance, revealing high fees as the force behind underachievement. The study conducted analysis of 3,820 super and managed ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... the impact of potential government intervention in fossil fuel markets and replace their market-weighted basket of energy stocks with a new energy basket. This would include lower weightings of some fossil fuel stocks with equivalent higher weightings ...

Well-known stockbroker launches own SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... focused on Australian equities for medium to long-term growth with some income. It will be concentrated, holding up to 20 stocks at once, and even conservative investors can benefit from its aggressive nature. "We have some safety mechanisms including ...