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Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... to more than $20 billion, the big theme has been the reallocation of capital from Australian equities to international equities. Part of this was net funds flow. Out of a total of $6 billion net funds flow $2.5 billion went to Australian equities and ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... Investment Trends report stating that more than 20% of Australian traders plan on increasing their exposure on international equities, a significant rise from less than 5% in 2011. "We've seen our clients increasingly looking at overseas markets to diversify ...

Vanguard wins adviser vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... volatility in the Australian share market, advisers are also looking for managers who can provide exposure to international equities. As per Investment Trends' report, respondents expected domestic stocks to deliver only 6% capital gains on average over ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... use of cross currency swaps and FX options. Meanwhile there has been a significant rise in FX exposure to international equities and emerging markets. NAB executive general manager fixed income, currencies and commodities, Drew Bradford, said the decline ...

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... expectations. The growth reflects strong demand by Australian investors for investment opportunities in quality international equities, a trend we believe will continue into 2016," Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. QUAL gives investors ...

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... year return has fallen below 6% since August 2012. Overall the SelectingSuper index has been sustained by international equities that returned 19.5% in the year to September 2015 buoyed by the 20% drop in the AUD against the USD. The impact of currency ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... ETFs at the moment are indexed," the researcher commented. Rainmaker said that equities, and especially international equities, continue to be indexing's mainstay but that alternatives are becoming more central and growth of indexing in this asset class ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... risks facing the Australian market. Over a third of the money poured into new mandates last year was in international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian equities. The latest edition of the Rainmaker Research Mandate Chaser ...

IOOF behind HUB24 buyout offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... developing a trading capability which will allow investment managers, advisers and their clients to access international equities within managed portfolios. "This new offering is expected to increase HUB24's market leadership position in the provision ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... two months have been hard for financial markets, with negative returns in most Australian equities and international equities sector products," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation ...