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Hedge funds in the green in May

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... fourth of fund strategies now reporting positive returns for the year. Hedge funds around the globe returned 2.54% on average in May, with nearly a quarter posting average returns of 20.25%. That's according to the latest data from institutional ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... diversification qualities, "tended towards one"; negating any benefit investors thought they could have, Rachcoff said. "While the average superannuation 'balanced' fund holds between 60%-80% of diversified 'growth' risk exposures, investors were reminded ...

ERS payments reach $15bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... 200,000. The total value of payments during the week past was $1.3 billion, with $14.8 billion paid since inception. The average payment made over the period since inception is $7475. The country's largest super fund AustralianSuper is still leading ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Ethical, which was the only retail super fund to crack the top 10 by combined risk adjusted rank - a ranking of funds' average percentile scores across the Sharpe, Sortino and Omega risk ratios. The retail fund achieved the highest three-year returns ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

Best equities funds to May end

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... from 1 June 2019 to 31 May 2020. Morningstar looked at returns of 1275 equities managed funds that returned -1.51% on average over the 12 months. CFS FC-Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Fund had highest returns among the 1275 funds with its wholesale ...

VicSuper disputes fee hike claim

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... VicSuper said. The funds said comprehensive advice will also be available for all members in-house on a user-pays basis at an average cost of $2500, "which is consistent with the industry average". "In addition, members will have access to a broad range ...

Property yet to show COVID-19 pain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... opposite, according to the latest statistics published by REIA. The research shows that during the March quarter the weighted average median price for houses for the eight capital cities increased to $786,923, with Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... records be public for super funds. Just 18 of the 50 largest funds disclose a complete proxy voting record. Retail funds, on average, had more incomplete voting records than industry funds. While members of the Principles of Responsible Investment or ...

No slowing ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... million. Since the inception of the scheme in mid-April, payments that have been made to eligible members have taken an average of 3.3 business days after receipt of the application from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and 95% have been made within five ...