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Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The rise of a small handful of growth stocks is creating a distortion and obscuring the true performance of value investing in global markets, according to Realindex. In a research paper titled Value is dead, long live value, Realindex quantitative ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... index dropped to 36.2 from 42.5 in August, again due to the re-imposition of restrictions in Melbourne. The AiG performance of construction index improved (but remained at a level indicating contraction) to 45.2 in September from 37.9 in the previous ...

Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... on the ABC, surprising many in the industry. But, Hume insisted reform was necessary - especially to enhance the performance of default MySuper products. "There are over 90 MySuper products, which are supposed to be the most basic that people get defaulted ...

MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... they improve their performance. The prudential regulator will conduct benchmarking tests on the net investment performance of MySuper products. The products that have underperformed over two consecutive annual tests prohibited from receiving new members ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... technologies. Great Scott's announcement came at the same time as the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index dropped back to 46.7 points in September, with the indicative contraction deepening from 49.3 in the previous ...

Perpetual successor fund transfer to go ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... by Perpetual that a successor fund transfer was necessary to protect members best interests on the back of poor performance of the Perpetual MySuper option. A year later, in March 2020, CareSuper was confirmed as the fund members would be transferred ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial advisers are increasingly using exchange traded funds (ETFs) over concerns about the cost and performance of actively managed funds, according to VanEck. VanEck's fifth annual smart beta survey revealed 87% of advisers use ETFs in client ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Sustainability Screened Index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index. S&P said the indices measure the performance of stocks involved in business activities that avoid controversies and are aligned with ESG investors' values in their ...

Retail fund satisfaction drops

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... but their performance has held up well." Levine said the customer satisfaction results are often reliant on the performance of the Australian share-markets which dropped significantly in March but have since been stable for nearly four months.

Portfolio insurance provides strong protection: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... superannuation balances while losing jobs could have severe consequences for retirement savings," Xu said. Xu evaluated the performance of two major types of portfolio insurance strategies, option-based versus constant proportion, which are used on a ...