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US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... ETFs would be made this year. In 2006, the SEC granted permission for ETFs to use derivative products that seek magnified returns using borrowed money. However, the Wall Street Journal reports the SEC could now make use of a federal law passed in 1940 ...

Hyperion taps utilities provider for talent

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... bring him on-board," Samway said. Breen commented: "Hyperion's investment philosophy and long history of producing strong returns for investors were the key factors behind my decision to join the team. The opportunity to trade global markets and analyse ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... complemented by a positive return for international equities. Highlighting the challenge of recent volatility to fund investment returns, 44% of funds in the index had a negative return over the 12 months to end April. The performance over multi-year ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... final module is a separate set of model portfolios that have been optimised to provide enhanced income and less volatile returns, based around the BetaShares Managed Risk series and its Australian Dividend Harvester Fund. Each portfolio set has been ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... fees. That would be an excellent record of performance at any time, but especially when the market is experiencing low returns globally. As super funds and other investors look for high yield investments, these returns underline the contribution PE and ...

LGIAsuper awards emerging markets mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... persistent low growth environment we believe active strategies such as ours are best placed to offer investors absolute returns from emerging markets. We are steadfastly focusing the portfolio on what we believe are unique opportunities for sustainable ...

First Quadrant liquid alternative strategy added to HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... platform. The fund is a liquid alternative strategy investing in developed currency markets, aiming to deliver positive returns over full market cycles. It's available to wholesale investors and financial advisers, has a minimum investment of $25,000 ...

Global equities tease income opportunity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Australia (SSGA). The paper said investors should consider global equity income strategies if they wish to escape poor returns from historically low interest rates and diversify their portfolios. Often favoured for their regular payments of dividends ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... years, compared to other asset classes (in AUD terms), global small-caps have been less volatile and generated better returns than Australian small-caps," the white paper said. "Global emerging markets equities in particular recorded significantly higher ...

Pinnacle announces latest partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... 39 years in the investment and small cap and micro-cap sectors, the team has a track record of generating top quartile returns at relatively low risk. Pinnacle director Adrian Whittington said: "We are delighted to welcome Marcus, Matthew and Adam to ...