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NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
NAB Super has increased its currency exposure and lowered its international shares currency hedge, as the Aussie dollar continues to defy gravity. NAB Super reduced its international shares currency hedge from 30 per cent to 20 per cent late last month. ...

Westpac online investors get global access

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Westpac Online Investing adds a managed funds supermarket, international shares and U.S. exchange-traded options to its product suite, allowing its more than a quarter million investors better access to overseas markets. Westpac Online Investing announced ...

CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... started on September 6, is responsible with the distribution of the company's key products, namely the HFA International Shares Fund, the HFA Diversified Investments Fund and the recently released Certitude Asian Opportunities Fund. He is also involved ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
In its recently released international shares sector report, Zenith Investment partners found that in the past decade, a fully hedged approach to currency exposure would have provided the best returns. During the decade, the Australian dollar appreciated ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities portfolio while Epoch will manage the international shares portion. Macquarie Investment Management is managing the fixed interest portion and Goldman Sachs/JBWere will look ...

RaboPlus adds Russell funds

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Russell Investment Management to its platform. This means the Russell's Balanced fund; Diversified 50 fund; International Shares fund and High Growth fund are available through the platform. Tim Hewson, investments manager at RaboPlus, said the fund ...

UniSuper rejigs equities, combines cash and FI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... class. UniSuper has largely upped its allocations towards Australian equities and reduced its exposure to international shares, according to John Pearce, chief investment officer of the multi-billion industry fund. For instance, the fund's balanced option ...

Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Equities - Diversified peer group. This fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth using a mix of international shares and Australian industrial shares, representing 100 per cent exposure to growth assets. Its static allocation is based ...

TAAM to add two more clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... would be our view that the weighting of global emerging markets and Asia continue to increase in super funds' international shares allocation."

AXA adds 20 funds to APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... funds were added to the list providing access to property securities, Australian fixed interest and local and international shares. Magellan Asset Management's Global fund and Infrastructure fund were also added to the list. "Two years ago infrastructure ...