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Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... provides investors with something they haven't had before - the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of international equities that are included on the basis of MSCI's Quality factor," said Arian Neiron, managing director of Market Vectors ETFs and Van ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... significant decrease in cash holdings has mainly flowed into international, property and equity sectors. "International equities have performed strongly throughout the year and we've seen an increase in funds in this asset class, as more investors move ...

Australian Ethical FUM grows 8% in Sept quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... twice as much as the figure the corresponding quarter last year. This follows a year in which the fund's international equities fund grew its FUM by 50% seeing returns of 25.7%, a fact which saw it named Best International Equities fund by the Australian ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... in our MySuper range." However, she qualified this by saying AMP uses "an enhanced active strategy" in international equities, which varies the weighting in international equities depending on the age of the member. Alliston added: "The reason for this ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... experts across most asset classes, including small caps, debt markets, property and infrastructure. The new international equities team is the most notable addition to the fund's internal capability. As many as 10 staff are expected to be hired to man ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... Investors, which has $116 billion. Australian equities account for 8% of the Future Fund's asset allocation, international equities 34%, listed property 6%, debt securities 11%, cash 10% with other alternative and non-mainstream assets accounting for ...

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Australian Ethical has been named the Best International Equities fund by the Australian Fund Manager Foundation. Australian Ethical beat finalists Perennial and Platinum, becoming the first ethical investment specialist to win the award. The fund returned ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Market Vectors ETFs is set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector was International Equities where a staggering 85.97% of active funds underperformed the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index over five years (as ...

CFSGAM appoints Five Oceans founding member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Australian equities team with the appointment of a new portfolio manager. Kim Tracey joins CFSGAM from boutique international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management, where she spent nine years as one of the founding members, and managed the firm's ...