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Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Australian shares have outperformed all other asset classes - including residential investment property, fixed interest and cash - over a 20 year period, according to this year's Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term Investing Report. The 14th edition of ...

Bond ETFs buffering equity market volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Bond ETFs usage is on the rise as they offer investors easy access and an opportunity to either decrease risk or take advantage of unique return opportunities in their portfolios, according to Russell Investments. "Generally the ease of access has been ...

IMCA: Asset allocation future uncertain

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Discussion around whether traditional strategic asset allocation approaches are still appropriate or whether the industry needs to reframe the way it manages retirement money, dominated an IMCA roundtable yesterday. "There is now more than ever a general ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
AustralianSuper has won Australia's largest corporate super outsourcing mandate to manage the $1.7bn IBM staff fund. Subject to due diligence, current IBM Super members and employees will transfer to AustralianSuper effective 1 November 2012. The tender ...

MIT Budget inconsistencies spark concern

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
The surprise doubling of withholding tax for foreign investment in managed investment trusts has been criticised as inconsistent with the IMR initiative. In a budget analysis, Russell Investments has called the move on MIT withholding tax a "significant ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Australian investors are unlikely to benefit from the expanding stable of actively managed ETFs in the US, potentially compounding opinion that the tool's use holds limited appeal for local instos. State Street's recent launch of three new products ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Russell Investments has reconstituted the Australian high dividend and high value indices in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. ...

Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
New Rice Warner research has assessed the current super industry's allocation position, including the issues around equity allocation, concluding that the traditional asset allocation is flawed. In its April report, Asset Allocation for MySuper, Rice ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Manager sentiment was up in Q1 causing a strong swing to growth assets, according to a survey by global asset manager Russell Investments. Improving outlooks for the US and Europe were seen as contributing factors to positivity with Australian shares ...

Vanguard launches bond ETF

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Vanguard will add a fixed interest ETF to its stable with an Australian Government Bond ETF based on the UBS Index. Targeting investors, advisers and institutions, the new exchange traded fund (ETF) is a share class of the existing Vanguard Australian ...