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SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... stems from its reluctance to put their money in growth assets, according to SuperGuard360. As an example, international equities returned six percentage points higher than Australian equities over the 12 month period - an opportunity that many SMSFs ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... Global Advisors. A May strategy highlights note written by SSGA chief investment officer, global active quantitative equities, Olivia Engel and senior portfolio manager Chee Ooi, compares BATs and FANGS. "Viewed through the lens of our proprietary sets ...

Global fund manager creates executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... disappearance means investors have become over-reliant on equity returns, which have undoubtedly been great. "Owning equities at a cheap price point in the form of beta in decent markets is a decent strategy over the long haul, if you can condition them ...

BetaShares launches fixed-rate corporate bond ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... majority of fixed income indices tend to adopt a market capitalisation approach. While it is well understood and accepted in equities, in the case of fixed income it means that companies are rewarded by receiving the highest allocation of investor capital ...

Praemium signs wealth management heavyweight

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... Wealth, under which it has provided performance and tax reporting services since 2005. Morgan Stanley head of institutional equities and wealth management Ian Chambers said managed accounts are becoming an increasingly important part of MS's financial ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... engineering and metallurgy with investment management. Janus Henderson said its fund was a high conviction strategy of equities focusing on mining, energy and agriculture. The firm also highlighted the breadth of scale available to its team given the ...

Industry fund welcomes new investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... left the fund in February after five years. Kempton has since joined Funds SA in the newly-created role of director - equities.

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... "Individuals and day traders make up about 80% of the trading volume. Fueling the bubble and collapse in China's equities three years ago were millions of new investors, some of whom had never attended or graduated from high school." Ben Ong is the ...

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management has led to the latter launching its Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time. The Airlie Australian Share Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of 15-35 Australian listed companies. ...

Pengana partners with credit boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Pengana Capital, which specialises in listed equities, is acquiring a minority stake in a boutique credit investment manager that offers credit funds for high-net-worth investors. Global Credit Investment (GCI) is a specialist fixed income and credit ...