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VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 Index by 9.63%, demonstrating that an equal weight approach to investing in Australian equities can significantly outperform compared to market capitalisation approaches." VanEck has 12 ETFs listed on the ASX offering diverse ...

ECPAM wins mandate, grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... analyst. Byrnes has spent eight years with Bell Potter Securities, where his most recent position was as an institutional equities research analyst. His appointment follows a period of growth for ECPAM that has seen it win three Australian equities mandates ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... go quite a long way to achieving our members' long-term return objectives. It's where we house our vanilla bonds and equities that are benchmark aware. It's also where we house our cash," McHugh said. The portfolio plus or alpha portfolio is where the ...

Tribeca to compete with overseas hedge funds

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... international investor demand. The fund, a global long-short natural resources strategy, primarily focuses on large cap equities but invests in other classes to reduce correlation with equity markets. Co-portfolio manager Ben Cleary said the launch of ...

Atrium appoints distribution head from Morningstar

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... and product specialist, Han Lin, who joins the firm from Macquarie, where she was senior associate - corporate actions, equities and regulatory reporting. She has also held roles at J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Hone added: ""Han brings welcome skills ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... faster than on conventional feed. That's where the real exciting stuff starts to come out," she said. VicSuper head of equities and alternatives, Kevin Wan Lum, said the $16.5 billion fund has invested in agriculture and farmland since the mid-2000s. ...

Mason Stevens delivers new SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... of holding bonds directly. They are realising the advantages of doing so with respect to other asset classes such as equities, and by extending this service to fixed income, further builds credibility in their offer as well as efficiencies in their business. ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... QSuper has positioned about one-fifth of its investment portfolio in fixed income with the view it diversifies against equities and prepares for ongoing global monetary policy shifts. The fund's head of investment strategy, Damian Lillicrap, said QSuper ...

BNP partner wins $240m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
A BNP Paribas strategic partner has secured a $240 million global equities super mandate. Carnegie Asset Management, which currently manages over $17 billion worldwide, will provide a high conviction, active global growth equity strategy to VicSuper. ...