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FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

IOOF awards small cap mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Small Companies Fund has delivered 13.03% on a net, annualised basis over five years (to 31 October), outperforming the S&P/ASX Small Ords Acc Index by 14.86% per annum. "We like Aberdeen's high conviction approach to managing equities," Matthew Drennan ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Apart from the phenomenal growth of around 50% in the past 12 months taking total funds invested in exchange traded products to more than $20 billion, the big theme has been the reallocation of capital from Australian equities to international equities. ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... requirements they impose on listed companies that they invest in. All the representatives of the superannuation sector sitting on the ASX Corporate Governance Council require listed companies to have a majority of independent directors. This measure ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... "There's also a lot of demand for investment in certain sectors, such as technology which doesn't have as big a presence on the ASX. Investors are seeing quality companies like Apple and Google in growth sectors and want to get involved." CommSec data ...

Lazard funds rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... Australian Equity Fund, which is a high conviction, benchmark unaware fund, was established in 2002 and has outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 since inception. It was upgraded to 'highly recommended' by research house Zenith earlier in 2015. The seven-member ...

XTB floaters listed on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Australian investors can now access senior floating rate notes (floaters) through ASX-listed exchange traded bonds (XTB) for the first time. The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has listed bonds issued by banks AMP, BoQ (two XTBs), NAB (two ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... BetaShares has launched a managed risk Australian equities exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: "AUST") invests a passively-managed selection of Australian shares (broadly similar to the ASX 200) while employing an ...

ETFs hit $20bn in assets under management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... to reach the first $10 billion and less than two to hit the $20 billion milestone. The October 2015 monthly update by the ASX shows that exchange traded products (ETPs), which include ETFs, show the growing popularity of the investment vehicle among ...

Aberdeen Australian equities fund upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Fund was launched in August 2014. It is a concentrated portfolio of around 20-60 companies that are primarily listed on the ASX, excluding the largest 20. Its one-year performance (to 30 September 2015) has seen it deliver a net return of 14.86%, outperforming ...