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iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Research house Lonsec has awarded a 'recommended' rating to two iShares Edge Smart Beta Minimum Volatility exchange traded funds. The ratings assigned to iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF and the iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Capitalising on uncertainty in global markets, hedge funds outperformed bonds and equities on a risk-adjusted basis throughout 2016. New research from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Preqin found that over the year, hedge ...

SQM backs active Indian equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
An actively-managed Indian equities fund received a "superior" rating from SQM Research. India Avenue Investment Management's India Avenue Equity Fund, which launched in September 2016, is domiciled in Sydney and benefits from research expertise both ...

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Returning to the Australian institutional market last year, US asset manager ClariVest is now employing its emerging markets strategy with an industry superannuation fund. The EM strategy includes securities primarily selected from stocks traded in ...

Concentrated funds outperform diversified

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
International equities funds with a concentrated approach have outperformed their diversified counterparts, according to Zenith Investment Partners' latest international shares sector review. The review found that 70% of concentrated funds, or funds ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Charter Hall launches new industrial fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Charter Hall has launched its fourth Direct Industrial Fund. The new fund will invest in 27 high quality industrial properties with an aggregate occupation of 99.8%. Current gross assets represent $84 million, but Charter Hall intends to push that to ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
State Street Global Advisors has launched an international equities fund which excludes investment in tobacco and selected armaments. Aimed at institutional investors with increasing interest in ESG investment, the State Street International Equities ...

VanEck ETFs receive Zenith rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Two VanEck smart beta ETFs have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF were awarded the rating in what VanEck Australia managing director ...