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SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... the State Street International Equities Index Trust Ex Tobacco Ex Controversial Weapons Fund intends to track the performance of the MSCI World ex Australia ex Tobacco ex Controversial Weapons Index. Medibank Private has provided a $170 million seed ...

ACSI calls time on all-male boards

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... is a strong argument for ACSI's stance on the issue. The research focused on returns for super funds rather than performance of ASX 200 stocks, but it is nonetheless illustrative. Back in March, Rainmaker analysed FY2015 and calendar 2015 investment ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... mid to smaller-cap Australian shares. "The growth potential of these shares is well illustrated by the historical performance of the Index which Ex-20 aims to track, which has outperformed the largest 20 shares (S&P/ASX 20 Index) as well as the largest ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... 9.9%), Energy Super (9.5%), HOSTPLUS (9.3%) and Cbus (9.2%). Overall, the MySuper Index showed a rolling 12-month performance of 6.4%, which is double the 2015-16 return reported back in June. One of the biggest contributors to fund performance, according ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... of income generated with a high level of certainty and thus decrease the need to adjust their lifestyle to the performance of the markets," he said. "This allows investors to be able to forward project their cashflows and make plans, such as paying school ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... other merchandise goods declined by3%, capital goods by 1% and consumption goods decreased by 0.2%. Australia AiG performance of construction The AiG/HIA performance of construction index bounced back up into expansion territory to a reading of 51.4 ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... S&P/ASX Mid-Small Index), 61.32% underperformed over one year, 51.55% over three years and 38% over five years. Performance of international equity funds was particularly lacklustre, with 80.73% underperforming the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... dwelling excluding houses" - up 26.3% in the year to August after gaining 16.6% in the previous month. Australia AiG performance of services Similar to indications in its September performance of manufacturing survey, the AiG performance of services ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... the eight straight month of year-on-year contraction and the steepest rate of fall since June 2012. Australia AiG performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index rebounded in September after dropping ...

VFMC CIO steps down, CFO departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... instrumental in shaping the enduring foundations that underpin VFMC today and in delivering the strong investment performance of the past few years." "Over this time, he has built a highly capable team of asset management professionals who will continue ...