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SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... They currently offer five active funds - benchmark-unaware Australian and global equity strategies (with dynamic currency hedging for the global strategy), and three objective-based asset allocation funds to support lifestage planning. "There's a common ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... impact of currency movements. The International Shares option kept the same investment portfolio but without currency hedging. 2. Aussie fund manager London bound An Australian fund manager is expanding to the United Kingdom, opening an office in London. ...

Japan ripe for investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... companies, those that pay the top dollar dividend, and also provides investors with significant benefits from currency hedging. "From the moment you enter the fund because of the interest rate differential you're picking up almost 200 basis points just ...

Russell launches dynamic currency hedging

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Russell Investments is introducing its informed dynamic currency hedging model. Targeted at lowering risk and improving returns in international currency exposure, the model promises an excess return of 0.8% per annum. Hedge rules for each currency ...

Instos should reconsider hedging strategies: PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Institutional investors with globally diversified portfolios should consider making their currency hedging decisions at the portfolio level on a currency-by-currency basis if they wish to truly mitigate risk, according to new research from PIMCO. The ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... however if not hedged the currency exposure would increase volatility and negate these benefits. The cost of currency hedging is worthwhile to retain the low volatility of income," the VanEck paper said. It adds while a conclusion can be drawn that global ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... means in periods when the gold price is rising, Australian investors in global gold mining companies, without currency hedging, could potentially miss some of the upside, or in fact suffer losses, due to foreign exchange movements associated with their ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... relationship of the global business as reasons for the rating. The Lonsec report also noted that the likelihood of currency hedging losses is more limited given the fund's Taxation of Financial Agreement (TOFA) election. Arian Neiron, managing director ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... Similarly there is a core pool of funds that have outperformed in international equities, although positions taken on currency hedging has had a significant impact on performance in this class. In regards to cash and fixed interest there has been largely ...

AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... impact of currency movements. The International Shares option keeps the same investment portfolio but without currency hedging. Australia's largest super fund says its International Shares option has benefited from the Australian dollar falling since ...