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Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... outstripping the median managers in their asset classes. Platypus, ECPAM and Hyperion were the best performing Australian shares strategies, returning 8.1%, 8% and 6.3% respectively for the year ending November 30. This is a long way from the median ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
Investors who firmly believe that fixed income is a safety net in times of market volatility - and followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October ...

Superannuation fund introduces fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... changes to its investment fees and indirect costs. Total costs for the following investment options have changed: Australian shares decreased from 0.45% to 0.38%; global shares increased from 0.48% to 0.50%; and property and infrastructure rose from ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... $848,000 for a couple that own a home. "Over the longer term, while these changes decrease the attractiveness of Australian shares, they remain a better income solution than international shares and, with the current low interest rates, than term deposits ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... invest in Australian companies. "The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer high dividend-paying Australian shares where the 30% corporate tax has been paid already to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It penalises retirees who have ...

What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... differences in the outcomes for investors paying different fees. A person who paid 0.5% to invest $100,000 in Australian shares for 30 years ending June 2018 would have accrued $1,207,907. However, if the fee were to be 1.5%, the person would have ended ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... and cash. It aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index by investing in a diversified portfolio of Australian shares. WAM Capital said WDE's investment manager has "underperformed its benchmark since inception" and its shares have traded ...

ETFs now at $41.5 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... $10.6 billion. Net outflows for the month were limited but came largely from investors pulling money out of Australian shares. Yet the three biggest ETFs by market cap are all Australian equities: the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ($3.7 billion), iShares S&P 500 ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... and cash. It aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index by investing in a diversified portfolio of Australian shares. WAM Capital said WDE's investment manager has "underperformed its benchmark since inception" and its shares have traded ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... team consists of 11 investment professionals who have an average 17 years' industry experience in analysing Australian shares and managing Australian share portfolios, Hallinan said. In a separate appointment, Nikko AM appointed its global head of ...