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Investors turn bearish on bonds: FSIU

... anticipate a tougher year for fixed interest markets, they remain optimistic on the outlook for Australian and international equity markets. According to the FSIU survey, 85% of investors expect positive returns from the Australian market in the next ...

Putnam scandal impacts BT ratings

... client funds are managed to the highest professional and ethical standards. While noting investors in BT's international equity funds were not harmed by the alleged practices, and that the charges against the suspended managers were not fully proven ...

AGEST announces new international equity strategy

The Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) has adopted a more active approach to the management of its international equities portfolio, announcing two new managers. Half of AGEST's $A160 million international equities portfolio ...

FSIU releases specialist fund ratings

... period in offshore equity markets over the past three years, the FSIU awarded AAA ratings to just 10 of 69 international equity funds. Among the 36 global equity funds surveyed, only four earned the top rating. Not one of three US equities funds earned ...

Morningstar awards four stars to Merril Lynch's international equity management

Morningstar has awarded four stars to Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (Australia) management of active international equities investment portfolio. The research house said that Merrill Lynch had emphasised strongly on valuation of companies to build ...

FSIU launches unique ratings product

... comprehensive managers such as AMP, Citigroup and UBS, according to the FSIU. Around one fifth of Australian and international equity funds received a top rating, with many of these employing "value-style" investment processes. But bond funds on average ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares move higher

The local share market traded higher in the morning session, following advances overnight in major international equity markets. The market was helped by a modest recovery in AMP, after two days of heavy selling on fears of compliance breaches within ...

Ratings agency delivers mixed verdicts on two international equity funds

Ratings agency Morningstar has delivered mixed reports on the international equity capabilities of two local managers, Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia Limited (CSAM) and Colonial First State Investment Managers Australia Limited (CFSI). CSAM ...

Norwich adds corporate super to Navigator platform

... investors." The pre-select options include a conservative, balanced, growth, high growth, Australian equity and international equity fund, while self-select includes the Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest, Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund, as ...

ICI announces $161 billion in combined US ETF assets for March

... decreased by US$165 million to US$3.67 billion. Assets of domestic equity ETFs increased by US$8.2 billion, and international equity ETF assets decreased by US$42 million. Still in its infancy in Australia, an exchange-traded fund is an investment company ...