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BT adds 33 new funds to Wrap Essentials

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... in one secure online account. The new funds have been added across Aussie equities, cash, fixed interest, international shares and property securities, among others. Terry Millett, chief executive of Newcastle Permanent said that for their clients who ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... 2007, to 7 per cent at 30 September. At the other end of the spectrum, SMSFs have shied away from direct international shares. Exposure to direct shares stood at 4.2 per cent at the end of 2007 to 0.9 per cent at 2008. Things have not since improved ...

AMP wins Asset Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... across Australian equities and property but without any specific screen for other asset classes (such as international shares and bonds) which formed the balance of the SRI option. Following research by Mercer, the trustee decided to invest in a balanced ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... using crediting rates, found the Australian shares SRI investment option beat all the other options including international shares and the International Sustainable Shares option, which returned more than 2 per cent. The fund's cash option returned 1.4 ...

UK pensions seek to award $400m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... expertise should pay attention to three UK pension funds, which are looking to dish out more than $400 million in international shares and index-linked gilts mandates. England's Falkirk Council is hunting for an active global equities fund manager to ...

Bigger doesn't always mean better

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... Asset Management. For Andrew McMenigall, senior investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, having an international shares portfolio with hundreds of stocks can often spell investment traps - increasing lack of conviction and heightening company ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Kansas City-based fund manager, American Century, joins Lazard Asset Management as a fund manager in the international shares allocation. The fund has also increased its weighting to global real estate investments and cut its benchmark weighting to local ...

Shared equity property posts 21pc growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... strategy is attracting interest from super funds looking for greater diversification. "Australian shares, international shares, hedge funds and AREITs are all very highly correlated, they offer super funds little diversification in downturns when they ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... end of December last year, is reducing its exposure to Australian shares by 10 per cent from 50 per cent. International shares will receive a ten per cent boost to its allocation, thanks to the cut to Aussie equities. International equities will now ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) allocations to international shares has almost halved over a one and a half year period. The Multiport SMSF Survey - June 2009, which randomly selects 1,000 SMSFs it administers, found allocations to international shares ...