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The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... sector is a barometer of investor appetite. October inflows reflects Australian investors' uncertainty in international equity markets and a strong home country bias, particularly in the lead up to the US election outcome this week and with continued ...

Australian investors retreating to domestic assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... sector is a barometer of investor appetite. October inflows reflects Australian investors' uncertainty in international equity markets and a strong home country bias, particularly in the lead up to the US election outcome this week and with continued ...

HUB24 continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... platform has reached $1.8 billion, having launched 34 new portfolios since 1 July; HUB24 now offers nine international equity managed portfolios including portfolios from AllianceBernstein and Watershed Funds Management. The platform also signed 17 new ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Index), 61.32% underperformed over one year, 51.55% over three years and 38% over five years. Performance of international equity funds was particularly lacklustre, with 80.73% underperforming the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index over one ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio manager, whose impressive track record managing international equity and emerging markets funds for Vontobel Asset Management saw the firm grow from US$400 million under management in 2002 ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... a negative 0.2% return. The recent fluctuation in the AUD has had a generally positive impact on unhedged international equity holdings. Property has continued to provide a positive impact on fund investment outcomes with the listed property sector having ...

Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... Vontobel Asset Management as chief investment officer and portfolio manager in emerging markets, and global and international equity strategies. When he took lead portfolio manager responsibility on Vontobel's Global Fund in 2002 it had less than US$400 ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... Australian equity funds underperformed the S&P ASX/200 in the same period. Similarly, nearly 90% of general international equity managers underperformed the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index. Only 15% of Australian equity A-REIT managers outperformed ...

Cbus partners QIC for options program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... exposure. The program will manage a portfolio of exchange-traded equity options for the Australian and major international equity markets, allowing Cbus to tailor their product offering Developed through a partnership with QIC, it can be scaled up or ...

Parametric scores international equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... (ACSRF) will be the first Australian client to adopt Parametric's tax-managed indexing (TMI) strategy. The international equity after-tax passive mandate was awarded following a due diligence and rating process by Willis Towers Watson and ACSRF's internal ...