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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... equities returned a negative 3.2% result in the year to August 2015. Property meanwhile returned 14.2%, Australian fixed interest at 6.3% and cash at 2.5%. Funds with relatively low exposure to international equities and relatively high exposure to Australian ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Australian bond fund outperformed its benchmark over a one-year period and only 13.73% beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index over five years. A-REIT funds also fared badly with 92.75% failing over the last 12 months and 81.01% underperforming ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The super fund aims to get exposure to diversified high quality, floating rate loans across the credit curve. ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to the Australian dollar, will be ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... retirement income engine that estimates future income including a future confident valuation of the funds, shares, fixed interest (and property in 2016).

MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... same period last year. The overall mix of super assets did not change dramatically. There was a slight increase in fixed interest and drop in cash as a share of overall assets. International equities increased year on year from 19% to 23%. Industry funds ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... will be available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical fund, which is not common in the Australian market: "While there have been equity funds available for some time ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... during the first half of 2015 it incurred in costs of $1.7 million relating to the acquisition of 90 West, Perennial Fixed Interest and Perennial Growth Management. In June 2015, Henderson also sold its 40% stake in TH Real Estate, which resulted on ...

SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... continue to dominate portfolios, low interest rates are driving interest in asset classes outside of cash, such as fixed interest and international shares." SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said another interesting finding was the focus ...

Telstra Super addressing younger base

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... its 25th anniversary and Davies said the fund manages 30% of total assets in house - across Australian equities, fixed interest and property and infrastructure. It gives the fund scope to look at investments it can manage as well as an outlook to the ...