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Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... volatility, and reduced equity market risk. WGF's strategy hedges out market and sector risks. "Currency exposures are also hedged. This means market neutral funds such as WGF can still rise during volatile markets." Trading on the ASX is expected to ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... scale. There was a return range of more than 20 percentage points between the best and worst performers within both the hedged and unhedged groups. For hedged listed infrastructure funds, the average return over one year was 2%, with a maximum return ...

Australian-first fund exceeds target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... "WGF will be the first global market neutral fund managed by an Australian manager. In this strategy, market risks are hedged away. Investors can take advantage of exciting opportunities in global shares without having to worry about a falling share ...

Japan ripe for investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... I think it is an excellent time to engage." In May 2016 Wisdom Tree and BetaShares launched Australia's first currency-hedged Japanese equity ETF on the ASX, a product developed for investors looking to diversify their portfolios across Japanese equity ...

Russell launches dynamic currency hedging

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... their underlying exposures to avoid uncompensated risk from their currency exposure." "But, now, instead of remaining un-hedged or selecting a static target hedge ratio, we're introducing a third alternative, and we're receiving an incredibly receptive ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged) (0.34% to 0.32%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index ETF (0.25% to 0.23%) and Vanguard Australian Shares Index ...

Vanguard reduces MERs on five funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged) (0.34% to 0.32%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index ETF (0.25% to 0.23%) and Vanguard Australian Shares Index ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... as Australian equities, international equities or global fixed income." The white paper also explains that a portfolio hedged to the Australian dollar will protect local investors from the adverse impact that a rising Australian dollar can have on their ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... the Aussie dollar also fell sharply to just below 70c in late January. The group also introduced a leveraged but currency hedged US market position in February and enjoyed the subsequent market recovery, closing this position in July. "Over the past ...

How super investment option fees vary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... options are, on average, below 0.5%, the average fees for equity options is 1.1%. Above these, options for alternative and hedged assets average 1.2% and 1.9% respectively. While on average international options are more expensive by an average of 20bps ...