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Melbourne boutique appoints head of distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... roles with Ophir Asset Management, NAB Asset Management and ING Australia (OnePath). L1 runs Australian and international equities strategies and has in recent years, added a UK residential property fund and a global opportunities fund that invests in ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
State Street has relaunched an international equities fund for local investors looking for a climate change and ESG focused portfolio, with a new benchmark. The State Street Climate ESG International builds on a fund launched in 2016, which initially ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Strategies Dugald Higgins said most of their portfolios use a 50-50 approach to hedged and unhedged exposures in international equities. In very broad terms, Australian funds that are unhedged usually perform better when A$ is falling, while hedged funds ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...

Pengana eyes fully franked dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Pengana is trying to draw investors into one of its international equities vehicles by amending its investment mandate with an objective to fully frank future dividends. Pengana International Equities (ASX:PIA) said it has implemented a change in the ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... classes is the best option," he said. "Having exposure to fixed income (treasuries etc), and domestic and international equities reduces the risk of stock specific and sector risks," he said.

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... with Australian listed property performing the worst, losing 34%. Australian equities were down 21% and international equities down 13% (currency hedged). "Investors in the ETP market traded harder than they ever had before," Rainmaker head of investment ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... Rainmaker, around 21% of the $3.87 billion Australian Ethical managed as at December 2019 was invested in international equities. Specifically, the firm lost about $290 million from its superannuation arm and about $230 from its manager fund business ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
International equities funds offered by Aberdeen Standard Investments in the local market have been downgraded to neutral at Morningstar on the back of a style drift. In January ASI announced its head of equities Stephen Docherty would leave the firm ...

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... popular than other offerings though, with $11 million in net inflows. Investors demonstrated more caution in international equities, with outflows in February of $56 million. "The most notable action was the repositioning of portfolios away from currency ...