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WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... Management, said holdings in Seven Group, Afterpay Touch, Platinum Asset Management, Flight Centre and Pengana International Equities were major contributors to the portfolio's performance. Wilson Asset Management, which invests about $3 billion on behalf ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... strategy for all three funds at Hunter Hall was changed to replicate the strategy and processes of the Pengana International Equities Fund (PIEF), employing a 'benchmark-unaware' strategy with freedom to invest across all international equity markets ...

Contribution cap reforms see SMSFs spend cash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... balances fell to a two year low in the December 2017 quarter as trustees allocated more to Australian and international equities. Latest insights from SuperConcepts show cash levels dropped to 17.3% in December from a peak of 19.8% six months earlier. ...

L1 Capital prepares for LIC IPO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... absolute return fund investing in a highly diversified portfolio of long and short positions in Australian and international equities. Since its inception in September 2014, the fund has delivered stellar after-fee returns of 36.9% p.a. and 184.7% cumulative ...

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 ...