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MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we publish our feature report on Australian equities and what fund managers got right - and wrong - since the GFC. The past two weeks also saw a raft of executive appointment changes, product launches and ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... opportunities. Before either manager took the floor, advisers were asked how they would allocate their clients money. Australian equities emerged the clear investment of choice among advisers with a 70:30 split in favour of the asset class. Howitt put ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... World ex-Australia (Hedged) ETF following shortly after. "Many investors already hold a large allocation to Australian equities. So the new ETFs will appeal to investors wanting to buy more equities but not wanting to increase their domestic weighting. ...

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... that active portfolios have been so dominant. "There's clearly a strong belief among the institutions that Australian equities is a good place to try to add alpha," he said. According to Rainmaker data, not a single one of the 71 mandates awarded to ...

Dividend stocks ideal for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... move from higher risk equities to safe and reliable bonds. However, in the current environment, Legg Mason Australian equities chief investment officer, Reece Birtles warns that ignoring equities could compromise retiree's standard of living. "Investors ...

Investors Mutual wins Aus equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Boutique Australian equities firm Investors Mutual has been awarded a $300 million large cap Australian equities mandate from State Super Financial Services, Financial Standard can reveal. The new mandate win extends a period of success for the fund ...

AvSuper appoints Perpetual for a $75m equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
AvSuper has appointed Perpetual Investments for a $75 million Australian equities mandate. This is the first appointment that the Canberra-based superannuation fund has done in the last year and it is also the first time that it does business with Perpetual. ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... has seen valuations of these stocks driven artificially upwards and consequently, the value opportunity in Australian equities, expressed as the discount of the cheapest 20% of stocks to the most expensive 20% of stocks, is close to record highs. "Listed ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... super trustees are confident in their own abilities, he said many are not straying far from the mainstays of Australian equities and cash. It was revealed yesterday that 58.8% of those surveyed - which includes SMSF trustees, high-net-worth individuals ...

Interest rate cuts drive SMSFs to FI, property

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... borrowing arrangements, up 5% on the last quarter to 29% of SMSF direct properties. However, asset allocation to Australian equities increased just 1% last quarter. LaGreca explained that growth during the December quarter was higher than expected for ...