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Super funds blend ETFs into investment strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Superannuation funds have started to use exchange traded funds (ETFs) for cash equitisation or to enter new markets. "Over the last 18 to 24 months we have seen more institutional investors tap the ETF market, as we see more product proliferation on ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
At 1013 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.0 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 5,885.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 14.1 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,857.4. On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The sharemarket is in the red after initially opening higher, dragged down by the miners and weak leads from Wall Street. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas says the market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
"First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna do is... and slam!" - Kevin Bacon ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of expectations of another cut to interest rates, but has eased back on its run towards the 6,000 point mark. The benchmark ASX 200 index has not been at 6,000 points since January 2008, during ...

S&P launches Australian tax-aware benchmark series

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a series of tax-aware index solutions for the Australian market. The S&P/ASX Franking Credit Adjusted Indices are designed to give investors an accurate, franking credit-adjusted insight into the Australian equities ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

Magellan fund awarded Morningstar Gold rating

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Shortly after announcing an ASX-listed version, Magellan's unlisted Global Fund has been awarded a Morningstar GOLD rating. The rating means that the fund has achieved top ratings from all research houses. This follows the announcement of Magellan's ...

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 ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...