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Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... mainstream by US standards, BetaShares has brought some innovative products to the market including the inverse Australian Equities Bear Fund, which seeks to generate returns that are negatively correlated to the returns of the Australian share market. ...

Aussie income managers underperforming

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... after fees in 2015, and this was below the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index return of 2.6%. Lonsec Research general manager equities, Peter Green, said while the income strategy has tended to outperform over longer periods of time, there will be periods ...

Perpetual promotes executive to analyst role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Perpetual Investments has announced a further addition to its global equities investment team. Josh Phillips has been given a role as a global equities analyst. He joined the firm as a graduate in 2012 and has worked across several divisions. In his ...

OneVue launches international equities capability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
OneVue has launched an international equities capability for its separately managed accounts (SMA) service in a bid to meet growing demand for access to global trading markets. The launch allows advisers and investors to access separately managed accounts ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
HESTA and Russell Investments have developed an investment strategy that reduces the super fund's global equities carbon footprint by 50% and maintains benchmark performance. The strategy's objective is to remain at or below 50% of benchmark carbon ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... choosing own investments, self-managing a fund, minimising tax, transition to retirement (TTR), and choosing individual equities. Those thinking about starting an SMSF did not consider TTR as highly, replacing it with the idea of purchasing property. ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Cash has overtaken real estate and domestic equities as the dominant asset class as Australians become increasingly more conservative in their investment choices, according to the Legg Mason 2016 Global Investment Survey. The survey revealed there was ...

Plato releases global managed risk fund for retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... launched a managed risk version of its Global Shares Income Fund, targeted at retiree investors looking for access to global equities. The goal of the managed risk fund is to deliver income while "substantially" reducing correlation with equities markets ...

LUCRF Super appoints head of investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... from Frontier Advisors, where he spent the last 14 years across a number of senior roles including, head of Australian equities and head of property. Most recently he held the role of senior consult to Frontier Advisors' largest clients. Gavin will commence ...

Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Mercer has appointed Acadian Asset Management to manage an Australian equities socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate. This latest appointment follows Acadian being awarded an Australian equities small cap mandate by IOOF Investments last week. ...