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Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... investors' are looking at investment safe-houses and should be fully diversified across their portfolios." For the first time the survey also included millennials (those aged 18-39), with Australian millennials showing a stronger affinity to property ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... 2015, with allocation to international equities up 40% from the previous year, overtaking domestic equities for the first time. In the last year planners advised 13% of new client inflows went into ETFs, this number is predicted to reach 18% by 2018. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... in February and 52.37 in January. The key points in the report: "Employment at Japanese services firms declines for first time in four months; Cost inflation at service providers eases to 13-month low; Weakest business sentiment since May 2015". According ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
For the first time since 2009, alternative assets have eclipsed equities for the largest asset class share among institutional investment mandates in Australia. That pivotal moment occurred during the final quarter of 2015, and it reflects a trend seen ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Small cap shares have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015 ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... 33 new Australian ETPs brought the total number to 134. Global bond ETPs also entered the Australian market for the first time including the Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Currie Australia chief investment officer Reece Birtles said 2016 has so far been a turning point in that it is the first time in the last five years that aggregate dividend forecasts for the ASX200 have begun to fall. He added Australia has been in ...

ME lifts profit 8pct

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... banking platforms through a joint partnership with Link Group. Co-branded low-rate credit cards were launched for the first time with AustralianSuper, Hostplus, and Cbus in late 2015, and are being marketed directly through the funds. They have already ...

Market slide widens super performance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... Australian equity markets, which pulled the rolling 12-month annual performance to 1%. This, the research noted, was the first time since June 2012 that rolling 12-month performance has fallen below 3%. The research highlighted that periods of lower ...

Colchester Global Investors hires local distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... responsible for introducing Colchester's Global Government Bond Fund to the Australian intermediary market place for the first time in a bid to capitalise on recent strong research ratings and platform interest. She has 20 years' experience in the financial ...