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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 ...

Perpetual Private hires two analysts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... assets. Leong, who has joined the business from Perpetual Investments, has previously covered Australian and international equity and property managers at Ibbotson. Perpetual Private's investment research team was restructured in June 2014, when Kyle ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... better over five years, still less than 15% of funds beat the benchmark. Performance was not much better for international equity funds with 88.21% underperforming the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index over three years. The report also highlighted ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... ethical principles has delivered strong returns for the superannuation fund's 3,500 members. The Crescent International Equity fund, offered within Crescent Wealth's investment options, had returned 29.29% for the year to 28 February 2015 and 61.72% ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... distribution operations of the funds. Antipodes has launched with $200 million in seed money from Perennial's international equity business, which it acquired at the end of last year. "From when I left school I've wanted to manage global equities," Mitchell ...

Exchange tradeable version of Magellan Global Fund announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
International equity manager Magellan Financial Group is launching an ASX-quoted version of its Magellan Global Fund. The new Magellan Global Equities Fund will be quoted on the ASX AQUA platform on 5 March 2015 under the ticker MGE. The fund is one ...

Zenith awards two funds 'Recommended' ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two international equity funds. JPMorgan's Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund received the rating with Zenith praising the investment team as "is one of the strongest within the emerging market ...