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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 ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... of 0.18% per annum and 0.21% per annum respectively which puts them among the lowest-cost, locally managed international equity product offerings in the market. The new launches bring the number of ETFs offered by Vanguard for Australian investors and ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... elsewhere. Half of international fixed interest assets are hedged for currency movements, but only 17% of international equity investments are hedged - reflecting expectations by fund trustees of continued AUD depreciation. Currency hedging for international ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have upped their international equity exposures as low interest rates continue to weigh on cash returns, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. In the June quarter 2014, cash holdings ...

Energy Super discloses all holdings on website

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... how many units are held, and the total value of those units. Around 170 Australian equity holdings and 650 international equity holdings are listed. The fund also lists all of its managers. The user can discover, for example, that Energy Super has 328,941 ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Baltimore-based asset manager Legg Mason has acquired UK international equity manager Martin Currie. With offices in six locations, the addition of Edinburgh-based business (with presence in Australia) expands Legg Mason's capabilities in active global ...

Australian ETF industry passes $11 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... opportunities available to Australian investors through ETFs. The sector attracting the biggest flows in April was international equity-based ETFs attracting $120 million. "The proliferation of ETF choices allows investors to develop tax-effective portfolios. ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... alternatives away from debt securities and cash. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio report its international equity exposure jumped almost one and half times from 24% to 33% over the past 12 months while private equity and infrastructure ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... active options. Vanguard International Shares Index secured about $509 million inflows. BlackRock Indexed International Equity also garnered a sizeable inflow of about $430 million. The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would taper its quantitative ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... by Investment Trends and Certitude Global Investments. The findings suggest that the bullish attitude to international equity is not just a faddish response to ambiguous signals from the US Federal Reserve. Certitude Global Investment chief executive ...