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BetaShares Managed Risk Series hits $200m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... Managed Risk Series lets investors find a balance between investing too cautiously and risking insufficient investment performance, and investing too aggressively and risking exposure to significant losses in market declines. "The popularity of and the ...

Latest APRA stats show drop in super assets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Regulation Authority. Total super assets dropped to $2 trillion in the 12-month period partially driven by poor investment performance. Investment returns for non SMSF fund was negative $15.5 billion in the year to March 2016, compared to $164 billion ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... European or Japanese equities markets, but who may be concerned about the effects of currency fluctuations on investment performance. According to BetaShares' statement, HEUR and HJPN aim to provide exposure to the European and Japanese equity markets ...

Australian Ethical appoints former AMP Capital PM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... Ethical's performance continues to outpace that of mainstream funds. In Mercer's most recent rankings of investment performance, Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund ranked first out of 54 funds over a 10 year period. Commenting on his appointment ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... value of companies," so considering them "enhances the team's ability to deliver sustainable, long-term investment performance." To illustrate this, the research noted that the Ethical Income strategy maintained the Equity Income strategy's 7.7% franked ...

Women and Gen X happiest with advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... investors' attitudes to financial advisers through perceptions of trust and reliability, technical ability and investment performance. The survey revealed the satisfaction levels of younger investors had improved on all three aspects of advice, whereas ...

Hyperion hard-closes flagship small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... management and performance is well established. And that's another reason we have decided to safeguard future investment performance by taking a proactive approach to limiting assets under management now." The Small Growth Companies Fund has achieved ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... groups there are marginal differences between lifecycle and single strategy funds. In quarters of strong investment performance, such as the March 2015 quarter, Rainmaker said there was significant variation in performance between lifestages with quarterly ...

Equity Trustees head resigns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... experienced investment professionals." "I am very confident that the team will continue to provide the strong investment performance, service and advice that our clients expect and deserve. "I take this opportunity to thank Dr Kasian for his contribution ...

Telstra Super appoints CIO from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Super chief executive Chris Davies said: "Telstra Super has a celebrated history of delivering superior investment performance and Graeme Miller is an ideal candidate to maintain our impressive track record, in accordance with our investment philosophy. ...