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What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... "hedge against potential upcoming weakness in Aussie equities or even the Aussie dollar." "After-all, both look expensive versus their international peers," the analysis continued. At the moment, SMSF domestic equity allocation is around 40% of an average ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. That is, the Swiss central bank would no longer hold the 1.20 line versus the single currency. The currency market's reaction was swift - the Swiss franc soared by as much as 41% vis-A -vis the euro ...

Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... fund has returned 86.7% compared to the benchmark return of 64.4% (in US dollar terms). It also ranks in the top quartile versus its global peer group over a one year period and the top decile over three and five years, according to Morningstar data. ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... region for AMP Capital as we grow our business. We continue to focus on mid-market opportunities where we see relative value versus larger transactions. We look forward to expanding the global infrastructure strategy by attracting additional commitments ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... sector. Early indications, however, show that these options are expensive to manage and have seen little take-up. Active versus passive While the active versus passive debate has raged for decades with no real winner emerging, the passive industry has ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening to FSI chair David Murray and Treasurer Joe Hockey speak at this morning's media conference ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... Australian dollar has been the second strongest currency in the G10 in 2014. "Even though the Aussie dollar has fallen versus the US dollar," he said, "it hasn't fallen versus all of our other trading partners, especially Europe and Japan. So if you ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... 0.85 percentage points - than initially estimated - 0.17 pp. There was also lesser drag from inventories - minus 0.12 pp versus minus 0.57 pp - which fits well with increased consumer spending. While the contribution from net exports diminished from ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The active versus passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... negative impact on margins, particularly for those offering sub-advisory arrangements (43% said it had a negative impact versus just 21% who said it had a positive impact on margins). The survey found that registered products and separately managed accounts ...