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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 ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... invested immediately in core infrastructure assets such as regulated utilities, transport and other cash-yielding, inflation-hedged infrastructure investments. A second tranche of $200 million is expected to be invested within the next 18 months. Brett ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... remain low in 2012/13, as an investment option we expect bonds to remain attractive to Australian investors, especially on a hedged basis."

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... for investors, delivering a simple solution to an asset class traditionally difficult to access. The ETFs are currency hedged to substantially remove the impact of AUD/ USD currency fluctuations," said Drew Corbett, head of investment strategy, BetaShares ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... Intermediate (WTI) is a global pricing benchmark for more than 160 internationally traded crude oils. The ETF is also currency hedged, which is aimed at separating it from a fluctuating AUD/USD exchange rate. BetaShares, head of investment strategy ...