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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 ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... departures are a significant loss to the investment team. As a result, research-house Zenith said it will place the Perennial Hedged Global Property Wholesale Trust, the Perennial Un-hedged Global Property Trust and the Perennial Australian Property ...

AustSuper adds hedge IEq option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
AustralianSuper has added a new investment option, hedged international shares, taking their number of investment choices to 18, including their direct share low-cost platform. The expanded choice menu now offered by AustralianSuper makes their menu ...

Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... said that gold should be used as an insurance policy against dollar debasement and inflation. Finally, inflation should be hedged against, with either inflation-linked bonds or shares in companies with returns that have a regulatory link to rising prices ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... 0.18%, the International Shares Index Fund fee (unhedged) will also halve from 0.36% to 0.18%. The new fee for the AUD hedged iteration will be 0.21% and the Australian Fixed Interest Index Fund will move to 0.24%, meaning equity investing will paradoxically ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... selling is one reason market traders would want to borrow a security, the main reasons are to stimulate liquidity, establish hedged positions, exploit arbitrage opportunities and rescue failed trades. Market makers favour securities lending for the simple ...

Payden & Rygel lands VicSuper mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... provides a broader range of investment opportunities with diversification and liquidity and fairly attractive yields when hedged back into Australian dollars. Payden & Rygel, established in 1983, is one of the largest independently owned global fixed ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Dimensional, Walter Scott and Carnegie remain steady. The change in fund managers will affect the MLC Global Share Fund, MLC Hedged Global Share Fund and global shares strategies in the MLC Horizon Series and MLC Long-Term Absolute Return Portfolio. ...

PIMCO lands OnePath advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... portfolio over the last year despite actual returns sitting closer to 11.4% for Australian bonds and 10.5% for global bonds (hedged) in 2011. "In this nervous and volatile investment environment, which we believe will persist for some time to come, there's ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... unavailable to Australian investors. We have been able to create and deliver innovative products including currencies, A$ hedged commodities and equity sector ETFs previously unavailable and plan to continue delivering products which expand the menu ...