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Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
Lower weightings to growth assets - particularly international equities - in the average SMSF is dragging down its performance relative to default MySuper indices, according to SuperGuard 360 research. In the 12 months to 31 December 2017, the SG360 ...

Lazard chief executive steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... entered the industry as a market surveillance analyst at NASDAQ in 1987. He was also director, head of international equities at State Super Financial Services (now StatePlus) and head of research at van Eyk. During his time at Lazard, Prugue stepped ...

Pension phase SMSFs prefer Aussie equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... to domestic equities. In comparison, accumulation phase SMSFs are investing 23%. However, investment in international equities is markedly more on par, accounting for just 1% of pension phase portfolios and 1.2% of accumulation phase. "This preference ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Australia's self-managed superannuation fund investors are gaining confidence in international equities and paying more attention to new, innovative sectors. New data from nabtrade shows SMSF investment in international shares, domestic ETFs, mFunds ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... "Given the relatively small size of the Australian stock market, this is our way of opening up and making international equities more accessible to Australian investors." Using the Monex platform, Australian investors can access markets in the US, Japan ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
Financial advisers in the US will increase allocations to actively managed non-US equity funds over the next six months, a new survey shows. One-third (34%) of the 778 advisers canvassed by Advisor Perspectives said they will allocate 3% or more of ...

Financial Standard names Investment Leadership Award winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... Macquarie Investment Management Magellan Asset Management RARE Infrastructure Yarra Capital Management International equities - asset class Active core - sector MFS Investment Management (Winner) BlackRock Investment Management Magellan Asset Management ...

Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... Leadership Award categories are: Australian equities Active core High performance Index Small cap Smart beta International equities Active core High performance Emerging markets Small cap Index Property A-REITs Infrastructure Listed infrastructure Fixed ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... invests in 51 listed Indian companies, and appointed PM Capital to manage its diversified fund-of-fund international equities strategy because of its ability to generate above market returns over the medium to long-term.

Watermark hires global equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Hailing from London, Harvey Migotti will join the Sydney-based long-short investment manager as head of international equities. He was most recently an analyst at global hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management and prior to that, held senior roles at alternative ...