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MySuper growth leads industry

KANIKA SOOD, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... return since 2013. This said, Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking report shows the SelectingSuper workplace Default/MySuper Index having a negative monthly return of 0.3% in February. "The monthly result was underpinned by a relatively large fall in international ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89%; and the Bloomberg dollar spot index appreciate ...

Financial Standard names Investment Leadership Award winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... Ethical Investment Investors Mutual Limited Macquarie Investment Management Pengana Capital Tribeca Investment Partners Index/enhanced - sector Dimensional Fund Advisors (Winner) BlackRock Investment Management Colonial First State Global Asset Management ...

Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... 2018. The Financial Standard Investment Leadership Award categories are: Australian equities Active core High performance Index Small cap Smart beta International equities Active core High performance Emerging markets Small cap Index Property A-REITs ...

Vanguard rolls out multi-asset ETF suite

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... multi-asset exchange-traded funds, which offer diversified portfolios within a single trade. The four Vanguard Diversified Index ETFs - Conservative (VDCO), Balanced (VDBA), Growth (VDGR) and High Growth (VDHG) - will allow investors to gain diversification ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... delivered a 9.4% return per annum over the last 30 years, well ahead of other asset classes, according to Vanguard's 2017 Index Chart. Putting this in perspective, Vanguard said that an initial US shares investment of $10,000 made in 1987 would now be ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... gradual absorption of economic slack" would prompt inflation to "rise gradually over the medium term". The Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.3% gain so far this year despite the euro currency's appreciation - they used to have a strong negative correlation - underscores ...

Retail funds closing in on return gap

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... markets." Overall, strong performance in equities and property drove the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index up 1.4% in April. This brings the annual return to April 2017 to 11.1%. On an annual basis, Australian equities contributed ...

Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds are the Vanguard Conservative Index Fund (currently 0.33%), Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (0.34%), Vanguard Growth Index Fund (0.36%), Vanguard High Growth Index ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... business, investor and household confidence. But nah! China's financial markets didn't give it two hoots. The Shanghai Composite index went up by 0.1% on the day of the announcement and by 1.4% the next day. The SSE B shares index - those that can be ...