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Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... said. Fuelling the Future Fund's returns during the past year has been a reweighting of the portfolio into international equities and alternatives away from debt securities and cash. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio report its international ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... the increase in intentions to invest globally. The net percentage of investors intending to allocate to international equities rose to 16% in March (up from 14% in February). Meanwhile, intentions to increase exposure to Australian equities waned, dropping ...

Lonsec launches ETF model portfolios for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... different risk profiles, from defensive through to high growth and they provide access to Australian equities, international equities, property securities, fixed interest and cash. Lonsec said that the offer will appeal to self-managed super fund (SMSF) ...

EQT Global Equity Fund on BT Wrap and Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... environment," Myers said. Dundas Global Investors senior partner and founder Alan McFarlane said that investors in international equities will need to pick and choose carefully in 2014. "Equity markets are at valuation levels susceptible to a correction ...

Insync Fund Management appoints senior analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Patel as a senior investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager. Patel works within Insync's flagship international equities fund, Global Titans. He reports to Insync's chief investment officer, Monik Kotecha. In his 16 years in the financial services ...

Perpetual wins Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Australian small cap manager with Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Wellington Management sharing the international equities award. Cromwell Phoenix collected the award in the listed property category and the undiscovered manager award went to SGH ICE ...

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... portfolio'sA currency management. SSgA has been managing currency hedging for the super fund's $1.6 billion international equities portfolio for the past seven years via a passive overlay program. The new Dynamic Strategic Hedging (DSH) strategy would ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... The fees charged by the funds management industry are simply too high and cannot be justified, a veteran international equities stock-picker has said. Dundas Global Investors (DGI) chief executive Alan McFarlane has more than 30 years' industry experience. ...

Magellan Global returned 48.7% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Australian international equities manager Magellan Financial Group's flagship Global fund returned 48.7% in the 12 months to 31 December, the group's half-yearly investor report released today shows. The figure contributes to equally impressive after-fee ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... head of Advice, Wealth and Super Salvador Saiz added that many investors are likely to say they gain their international equities exposure through Australian stocks with global operations. International equities have been one of the top performing asset ...