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Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... Diversified made 11.8% p.a. and 12.6% p.a. respectively. The International Shares option turned in 16.7% p.a. while Australian Shares returned 13% p.a. Vanguard Asia-Pacific chief investment officer Duncan Burns said the low-cost, index-based approach ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... International Shares Unhedged Index returned the highest at 16.5% p.a. and the hedged version delivered 12% p.a. The Australian Shares Index returned 13.4% p.a. ART general manager of portfolio management and resilience Andrew Fisher told Financial Standard ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... Investment Management. As for the High Growth option, about 40% is invested in global equities and 36.5% is in Australian shares. The equity investments for the High Growth option are broadly similar to that of the Balanced product, but also include ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... later change or abandon them entirely. The development comes as Vanguard celebrates a major milestone for its Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). The largest ETF in Australia, the fund surpassed $20 billion in funds under management at May end; in ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile, Australian shares increased nearly 4%, European markets advanced 4%, Japanese shares lifted 5%, and Chinese shares edged up 2%. While some sectors ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... with outperforming a benchmark - specifically, his role in assembling a portfolio of equity managers across Australian shares, global shares, and emerging markets. While one-year performance is very hard to consistently outperform, a three-year horizon ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... topped April inflows, pulling in over $1.1 billion, according to Betashares' Australian ETF review. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF brought in $533.6 million in inflows, followed by the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF with ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... rivals over the year to March, according to Mercer's most recent investment survey. The Forager Funds Management Australian Shares Fund returned 21.7% before fees, outperforming all 123 investment products in Mercer's Australian shares category, and ...

First Sentier to enter Australian ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... through an ASX quoted structure, for investors seeking to invest in an actively managed, geared portfolio of Australian shares," Bajic said. First Sentier Investors deputy head of Australian equities growth David Wilson, meanwhile, said that the team ...

Future Group positions super offerings for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... Growth, and Sustainable Alternatives Growth options, but will also be able to invest in a dedicated Gender Equity Australian Shares strategy. Since 2021, Verve Super has directed its investments to companies that perform well when it comes to gender ...