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Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... the situation in the US remains unchanged, "the decision to increase our cash weighting will be a drag on short-term performance. However, the cost of taking out this additional insurance is likely to be small, and the Global Equity Strategy will remain ...

Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... survey of 409 investors showed under-30s now sit second to over-60s in terms of adviser satisfaction with regards to performance, trust and reliability, and technical ability. Investors with lower net wealth seem to show an increase in their perceptions ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... underpinned good flows into our domestic funds; and our global funds remained in strong demand through the period." Performance fees for the period were lower, at $38 million, down from a record high of $114.7 million in the first half of 2014. The BTIM ...

APRA releases super reporting standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... Disclosure Statements for MySuper products. In a statement APRA said it has also deferred the reporting of some investment performance data until legislative requirements relating to the choice product dashboard have been finalised. "APRA has also extended ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The fund, which has the ASX code QUS, was launched in January and aims to track the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index before fees and expenses. The stocks included in the index are weighted based on measures of ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Here's a man who built a company from a fairly small organisation to a $2 trillion fixed income group with terrific performance," Chang said. That part of the business is best thought of as a kind of boutique under the Janus Capital brand, similar to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... night. "Mining and energy stocks are leading the market higher but gold stocks have taken some of the gloss off that performance," CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said. A 5% gain in the price of iron ore helped miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto push ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... distribution and logistics. Rieder says these changes are resulting in what he calls the 'Tesla Economy' in the US. The performance electric vehicle manufacturer "is at the vanguard of the robotic manufacturing of automobiles, or the innovative use of ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... rate at 0-0.1% and increase the monetary base "at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen". Gauging by the recent performance of the currency and stock markets, it certainly has no reason to countenance an adjustment at this time. The yen has depreciated ...

Women outperforming all men boardrooms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... Infinitas co-founder Steve Macdonald said there is an abundance of evidence from around the world that points to better performance by companies with gender diversity in senior management. "The Infinitas/C4GEI Diversity Index provides a tool for investors ...