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ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the MSCI All Countries World Index lost 5.7% in Australian dollar terms. Despite this inflows continued to be strongly positive, meaning that the loss of funds from market movements was almost ...

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... 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 from the SelectingSuper international equities index is significantly below the benchmark ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Australian PMI for improving conditions in September were stronger local orders and exports, due to the lower Australian dollar." (AiG) To make it three for three, Australian job vacancies jumped by 10.2% to 160,900 in the year to the August quarter. ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... mover from a funds flow perspective was the iShares Global 100 AUD Hedged which more than doubled in size as the Australian dollar reached its recent lows against the US dollar.

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... exposures and at the moment we have started to hedge them. We are also monitoring closely the sharp drop of the Australian dollar," Armitage says. The veterans of life stages For seven years now, BT Financial Group has split its superannuation membership ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to the Australian dollar, will be launched at the end of 2015, subject to regulatory approval. They will be the first international fixed income ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... allocation has been fuelled by currency moves, as most of these investments are US-based: "The decline of the Australian dollar has resulted into an increased weight [to private equity] in the portfolio. The Future Fund has returned 8% since inception ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... central command's inclination, readiness and ability to keep things under control. It's just as well that the Australian dollar is sinking - down to US$0.7019 - it would keep the Australian economy's defences up against current global uncertainties.

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... a large exposure to overseas assets and foreign currency, which have increased in value with the fall in the Australian dollar. "This has helped lift the returns of many overseas investments, which has helped soften the blow of falling share markets," ...

BetaShares launches two new funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
BetaShares has launched two new exchange-traded funds, both targeted at US equities. According to BetaShares' statement, the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund - Currency Hedged fund will "maintain exposure to "the 500 largest securities listed in the ...