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Antipodes Partners recruits investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... boutique founded in March 2015. The company was launched with $200 million in seed money from Perennial's international equity business, which it acquired at the end of 2014. Mitchell and his team manage concentrated long only and long-short global and ...

Parametric announces LGIAsuper mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... invests more than $9.5 billion for about 90,000 members. LGIAsuper currently uses seven Australian and nine international equity managers and many of these will transition to the CPM portfolio structure. LGIAsuper investment manager Guy Rundle said the ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... the most influence on currency issues, back to 2005 levels There is a rise in the use of dynamic hedging in international equity exposure, to 17% of funds in 2015 from 8% in 2013 Use of cross currency swaps is down to 15% from 20% in 2013 while FX options ...

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... platforms. In its first year, QUAL has returned 35.81% (after fees) to 29 October 2015, outperforming the standard international equity benchmark, MSCI World ex Australia Index by 4.42%. Market Vectors Australia's parent company, Van Eck, said the fund ...

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... The impact of currency on this aspect of the results is highlighted by the fact that the return from the international equity index in Australian dollars (+19.5%) is significantly higher than the result of international equities in local currency terms ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... it is increasing slowly and has only hit 1.5%," Goldman Sachs Asset Management chief investment officer of international equity Suneil Mahindru explains. This has changed the manager's approach over the last few months. Mahindru, who is also the portfolio ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... that larger funds delivered higher returns than smaller funds in all of the measured peer groups. However, international equity, Australian bond funds, and Australian A-REIT funds reported lower-than-benchmark average returns across all observed periods ...

Islamic super fund sees 245% FUM growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... management and it is followed by the diversified property fund (27%), an Australian equity fund (21%) and an international equity fund (23%). "We've had significant interest from abroad and will continue our growth in the short to medium term, with the ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ETFs were at $353 million for the first half of 2015, while inflows for Vanguard's domestic ETFs were $328 million. ...

Ariel makes Australia first offshore outpost

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
US all-cap and international equity manager Ariel Investments has entered the APAC region for the first time, choosing to set up shop in Sydney. As part of its APAC expansion, the company as appointed Ian Webber as senior vice president, head of Asia ...