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VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... investors seek capital growth opportunities by investing in small companies such as those found in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries," Neiron said. "The international opportunity is 20 times bigger with approximately 4000 listed international small companies ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... Small Companies Fund returned 20.1% in the year ending January, compared to 5.38% from its benchmark S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index over the same period. Three-year returns for the strategy are 12% p.a. to the benchmark's 6.69% p.a. ...

Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... fees and before tax. Since its inception, it has returned 17.4% per annum. In comparison, its benchmark S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned -0.6%, -2.7% and 6.1% over the same time periods. The index has returned -0.6% per annum since July 2018. ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... fund underperformed by 50 basis points. The median small companies fund, in comparison, outperformed the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries index by 80 basis points. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities (13.6% p.a.), Fidelity Future Leaders Fund (13.4% ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... out stellar performances from the likes of Lakehouse Capital, SG Hiscock and OC Funds Management. While the ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 6.5% over a three year period, Lakehouse Small Companies Fund earned a whopping 26.2%, followed by the SG ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... outperformed. During March, small caps performed broadly in line with their larger counterparts, with the ASX Small Ordinaries Index dropping 20%, compared to the S&P/ASX 50's fall of 17.3%. Since the beginning of April, both small and large caps ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... particularly hit by the COVID-19 crisis, with the benchmark underperforming the 200 during the period. "The S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries benchmark declined 27% with a high dispersion of returns at the stock level," Morningstar said. "Performance among small-cap ...

New open ended fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... Dynamic Fund is an open-ended, Australian small and mid-cap equity fund which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries index. It is the Australian version of Milford Asset Management's New Zealand dynamic fund offering. Co-portfolio manager Michael ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... the three years, the benchmark indexes were 12.9% pa from the S&P ASX 200 Index and 10.7% pa from the S&P ASX Small Ordinaries Index The research found that the among active core products the median return was 12.6% per annum, the mean return was 11.9% ...

Boutique to launch flagship fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... small caps investing. The Blue Orbit Australian Small Caps Systematic Alpha Fund is benchmarked to the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index and will hold about 85 stocks in total. The Active Share sits at about 50% while the tracking error is currently around ...