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Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... increase to $2 per share under several conditions, including that there is no adverse change in Hunter Hall's financial performance; Hunter Hall Investment Management remains the manager of HHV; and Hunter Hall's total funds under management remains ...

Scale advantage in SMSF performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... have lengthier experience in the sector. The research, which identifies fund characteristics contributing to superior performance, shows that the benefits of diversification are realised when a fund achieves a balance of $200,000. "Our research shows ...

Nikko Australia appoints COO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... New Zealand Society of Actuaries and is a former New Zealand representative on the CFA Institute Global Investment Performance Standards Council. Lynn commences his new role in Sydney on 6 February.

Small caps taking over IPO market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... added that those smaller cap IPOs "significantly outperformed their larger counterparts with respect to share price performance" - pointing to the $10-25 million bracket, which saw an average year-end gain of 56%. It's worth noting, though, that small ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds compared to Canada were among the key drivers, as was the strong performance of growth-orientated assets to which Australia also had a slightly higher weighting. The assets in global institutional pension ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund. The fund is now 'Recommended' by both ratings houses following its strong performance. Before tax and fees the fund achieved returns of 9% per annum as at 31 December 2016 - exceeding the CPI+5% per annum objective ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... potentially mitigate or hedge currency risk. Equally, YANK is designed to offer investors greater 'long USD' exposure to the performance of the US dollar relative to the Australian dollar. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the future direction ...

Wilson denounces illogical Hunter Hall response

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... letter. Wilson noted his proposal was met with a response that "addressed subjects I didn't bring up," such as HHV's performance track record. "I didn't even bring up performance, but it's worth noting that HHV has in fact underperformed for the last ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... their investments and crystallise said gains. Preqin's head of hedge fund products, Amy Bensted, said this strong performance represented hedge funds demonstrating their true value in an uncertain macroeconomic environment. "2016 could be characterised ...

Saxo teams up for auto analysis tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... analyse the market across asset classes with much greater efficiency." Autochartist features also include access to performance statistics on previous forecasts, the ability to watch all currencies and time periods from a single chart, and the automatic ...