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Values trump value for retail investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... values report, transparency and honesty rank in the top five factors for investors from a field of 22, and aside from returns are more sought after than any other factor. The research also reveals more than half of Australian investors would accept lower ...

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... Stockspot concluded poor fund performance comes mostly from high fees, with funds finding it harder to generate strong enough returns to offset the impact of these high fees. Despite the top-performing super funds having different investment strategies ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Merging superannuation funds may see a one-off dip in their investment performance as they recoup transition costs, according to a panel at the 2019 Australian Superannuation Investment Conference. Appearing on the panel, Tasplan chair Naomi Edwards ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... of essential infrastructure gives our portfolio an edge over the cycle in capturing some 89% of positive global equity returns in up markets, but just 50% of negative global equity returns," Humphreys said. "Through the cycle, we have found that our ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... currently in the works. Deputy chair Helen Rowell flagged APRA is developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns, fees and charges, sustainability and in due course insurance - that will be tested on the performance of MySuper funds ...

Publisher slammed for Future Fund claim

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... guide was low. "If investors had adopted the investment strategy in PPP's Guide, they were likely to have generated lower returns than the returns promoted in the Promo Letter and exposed investors to a greater level of risk than that adopted by the ...

Client ethics the future of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... contributing to something bigger. Research has shown people, especially women, actually are willing to give up some financial returns in order to have their ethics." Payne asked the advisers in the room to consider what kind of companies their ethics ...

Hejaz climbs Islamic fund ladder

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... the Global Ethical Fund, has outperformed Australia's other Islamic investment funds during FY19. It achieved gross returns of 6.82% per annum, while Crescent Wealth generated 4.56% per annum. The Sharia-compliant fund invests across multiple asset ...

Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Nearly three in four superannuation funds will look to unlisted, offshore assets in search of superior returns over the next two years and they are willing to take on more currency exposure risk in the process. This is according to NAB's Superannuation ...

Macquarie Group raising $1bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... shareholder. "We have continued to identify opportunities to invest capital with the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns for shareholders over the medium term. Raising new capital at this point allows us to maintain strategic flexibility in ...