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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 ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... coming year. "The biggest opportunities seen by our clients are skilled 'alpha' strategies, fixed income credit strategies hedged into AUD, infrastructure, Australian shares paying high/fully franked dividends and gold," said Wilson.

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... access AMP Capital's global infrastructure securities capability via the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund (hedged or unhedged).

ETF markets August fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... dollar value of $94 million. The report identified a monthly trend of investors switching to lower fee beta exposure and a hedged gold exposure with strong trading activity record for the precious metals. "Continued strong trading activity in precious ...

AXA winds up billion dollar funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... AXA will also begin winding up its property securities funds including the Wholesale Global Property Securities Fund - hedged with $129 million FUM, the Wholesale Global Property Securities Fund - unhedged with $128 million FUM and the Wholesale Australian ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... and Indian Rupee," the report said, which acted as a headwind to performance. Most emerging market and Asia funds are not hedged, causing the problem. Sweeney said it is very difficult and quite expensive to hedge emerging market funds. "It's hard to ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... annual report, but Spooner said this would not be a problem. "The income stream is not cyclical and their debt costs are hedged," he said. Invocare listed $643,000 in interest rate swap contracts as a cash flow hedge in 2010 and had revenue of $272.6 ...