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SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since March this year, Australian investors ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... investors before the end of 2013, though he would not be drawn on the exact date. The fund will invest internationally and hedged back to the Australian dollar. The launch will mark the first time Fidelity has had a fixed income capability in Australia. ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... grade fixed interest securities and emerging markets. It is benchmarked against the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index hedged into Australian dollars. The firm emphasises active decision making with a long-term focus and seeks to avoid extreme swings ...

Grant Samuel reaches milestone with shareholder yield funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... York firm Epoch Investment Partners, offer a high yield, consistent dividend to investors by dividing into two funds: one hedged, one unhedged. "Most other funds distribute capital gains in good years and not much in lean years," Grant Samuel Funds Management ...

Magellan eyes sophisticated investors with new fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... cash of the Global Fund. Casarotti said the new fund came after demand from offshore investors. Magellan is launching a hedged global fund that will complement the current unhedged Global Fund The asset manager will also launch an unhedged Infrastructure ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... 2013. These are the ones who can certainly afford to sell in May and just chill brotha'...provided of course that they hedged their yen exposures. But hold onto your horses, Black Caviar may have retired from racing but the yen might not have finished ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks with the SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) ETF following shortly after. "Many investors already hold a large allocation to Australian equities. So the new ETFs will ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... is changing alright, it's shifting away from defense. The bond markets are losing. The Citigroup WGBI ex-Australia (A$ hedged) fell by 0.21% at the end of January and given the upward momentum in benchmark bond yields (except for Japan) since, it looks ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... at least strong single digit returns last year with some delivering even higher. Australian equities and global shares (hedged) posted nearly 20% and global shares (unhedged) delivered 14.7%. Australian bonds returned 7.7% and international bonds achieved ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... exchange traded products (ETPs). Central banks in China and Brazil have aggressively lowered interest rates in 2012. Investors hedged risk by putting money into gold as Gold ETPs attracted US$10 billion over the three months to the end of October. "Global ...