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Women hedgies outperform but overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Realindex outperforms as it passes five-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The outperformance of Realindex's fundamental index funds during a period of protracted volatility is indicative of the strategy's advantages over traditional capitalisation-weighted index funds, according to the fund manager's chief executive Andrew ...

SMSFs stick with cash and TDs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... increase in inflation risk. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) September quarter 2013 figures, 29.6% of SMSF funds were invested in cash and term deposits. This compares with 30.6% in the June quarter, and 30.3% in the March quarter. However ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... positive, and that if it continues to go well it will roll out across Australia, and open to other industry and retail super funds. Currently no other funds have come on board, though there have been expressions of interest and informal discussions. ...

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... said. Offered at a cost of 70 basis points, the new fund is more expensive than traditional capitalisation-weighted index funds owing to the research backed methodology. It is also about half the price of the average actively managed Australian equity ...

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... management in Australia will swell to $13 billion over the next 12 months. The domestic ETF market proved popular in 2013, with funds under management rising by 52% to finish the year above the $10 billion mark. SSgA head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly expects ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Men still heavily dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Increased investment in infrastructure by superannuation funds would provide retirees with a much-needed "annuity-style" income stream, according to Westpac Group. In a submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry, the bank ...

BTFG joins Calastone funds network

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors. BT Wrap has been using Calastone to send orders to market for around ...

PE firms struggling with data management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... US, Europe and Asia. These represented a range of strategies, including buy outs (24%), venture capital (20%) and fund of funds (17%). Nearly a third of the firms involved had assets under management (AUM) over $5 billion. When surveyed as to what prevents ...