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Australasia sees continued Canadian investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... investments in industrial assets in the US, Canada, Europe and Australasia were important contributors to overall performance. The group disposed of Australian and US core office assets, an Australian regional mall and Canadian multi-residential assets ...

UBS Microcap fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... volatility, small-cap funds offer investors the benefit of greater diversification as well as potentially outsized performance. Morningstar director of manager research Tim Murphy said: "The ASX large-cap sector is dominated by financials, and to a lesser ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... past year while 47% increased exposure. Compounding the problems for hedge funds which have generally struggled for performance in 2016, Preqin says in its July Hedge Fund Manager Outlook that 52% of 270 hedge fund managers globally reported that investors ...

Diversity isn't going to a Chinese restaurant: PwC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... any unconscious cultural bias. George added that there are specific issues in Australian financial services where performance will ultimately suffer if there isn't a focus on cultural diversity - for example, understanding the Asian businesses companies ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... make better financial decisions through the educational and advisory services that we provide, along with investment performance and keeping fees low." Equip members on average believe they need $920,752 in super to support their lifestyle in retirement ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... deficit. Performing well in life expectancy and health expectancy per capita, Australia was ranked twelfth for its performance in health. Australia's rank fell to sixteenth for material wellbeing which measures the ability of retirees to support themselves ...

Property and infrastructure steer REST into positive territory

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... positive returns for members. "REST's strategic property and infrastructure investments underpinned REST's Core Strategy performance over the past twelve months. Australian shares and bonds contributed modest returns, but overseas shares - the largest ...

Magellan launches third ASX-quoted active fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... and the ASX have delivered negative annual returns more than a third of the time," Stack said. "We attribute this performance to Magellan's strict application of its proprietary definition of infrastructure. We exclude companies where we assess their ...

Evans and Partners expands investment team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... and independent financial advisory groups. Head of international equities, Stephen Arnold, said strong investment performance and growth within the business was the result of a following a clearly articulated and quality first investment approach. "We ...

AREITs less defensive as returns surge: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... Australian real estate investment trusts generated a 15.6% return in the 12 months to 31 May 2016, but this strong performance accompanied riskier investment mandates, according to Zenith research. Zenith's 2016 Property Sector Review showed that Australian ...