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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... for balanced funds. Despite the overall SelectingSuper index's fall to 6.5%, the index was sustained by international equities that returned 28% in the year to August 2015 buoyed by the 31% drop in the Australian Dollar against the US dollar. That return ...

Lonsec launches investment solutions division

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... investment strategy and research at Advance Asset Management, Felix Stephen, will join Lonsec's asset allocation and direct equities investment committees. The committee structure provides oversight to Lonsec's asset allocation decisions and fund manager ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... in this segment over the longer-term. Only 29.17% of active managers underperformed over five years. In international equities 67.31% underperformed the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index over one year, compared with 80.58% as of December 31 ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... Exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw positive flows in August despite overall negative returns from Australian and international equities. Total net flows into ETFs in August 2015 were $360 million, about half the net flows that the sector had seen during ...

Chi-X adds advice, stockbroking market participants

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... months with new services and trading tools," Chi-X Australia chief executive John Fildes said. Shaw and Partners head of equities Mike Ryan said that joining the platform "will further ensure that our clients have best execution and access to liquidity." ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the flexibility to allocate across the capital structure, ranging from senior bonds and Tier 1 bonds to CoCos and even equities. PIMCO believes bank securities that sit lower in the capital structure represent a good buy because of the stricter capital ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... benchmark-focused investing is that it is "highly inflexible," Henaghan says. "The benchmark might say you need 40% in equities and if we have a view on equities, the best we can do is 35%," he continues. Instead, dynamic asset allocation to target above ...

Victoria firm appoints senior investment adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... director of institutional sales. He was responsible for the delivery of research and investment ideas to Melbourne based equities fund managers. Prior to that role, Smith was the director of Melbourne sales for RBS and ABN AMRO, and an associate director ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... fund has been looking to decrease its equity exposure but the asset class remains "the dominant risk asset." "Australian equities risk remains well above what would be seen as objectively as a natural allocation," the report said. QSuper has also transitioned ...