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Vision and Quadrant to co-invest

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... coming months. "We're [reviewing] equities at the moment, and in the last two weeks we've been [looking at international equities]," said Davy. Davy said Quadrant was in the midst of scrutinising its fund manager line-up along with Vision Super's, and ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... date, but research shows they are missing out on the Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor at the University of Adelaide, revealed at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... International shares will receive a ten per cent boost to its allocation, thanks to the cut to Aussie equities. International equities will now make up 60 per cent of ESSSuper's allocation to shares. According to a media statement, the changes to listed ...

TGM wins Asset Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... Management has been awarded a mandate to manage the $1.1 billion Asset Super's currency overlay for its international equities and alternatives portfolios. Asset Super had previously employed State Street Global Advisors to manage the overlay of its ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... managed funds provide currency hedging and diversification. Given this, LaGreca expects allocations to international equities to "creep up again" especially across this managed fund space. He also said international equities investments would become ...

Australian Ethical closes World Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... investment option," said the firm's letter. As a result, the wholesale version of the World Trust, the International Equities Trust, will be made available to retail investors from the start of October. The firm has lowered the minimum investment amount ...

X-rays on APLs for Matrix advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... advisers this insight at a glance." With the new tools, Matrix advisers will be able to quickly distinguish international equities managers various approaches to currency hedging as well as easily distinguishing managers that use long -only strategies ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... Investment Management LLC has been appointed by Nikko Asset Management as a sub-adviser to provide a customised international equities strategy to Japanese pension funds. INTECH will provide the firm's Kokusai Strategy which uses the MSCI Kokusai Index ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... need to close at 4270.97 points today - a one-day rally of 37.4 per cent! Gains of similar magnitude for international equities are needed. The S&P 500 needs to close more than 38 per cent to break even for the 2008/2009 financial year; the FTSE-100 ...

Health Super reviews mandate line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... Health Super's investment team will be looking at the performance and fund holdings in fixed interest, international equities and overseas properties, among other asset classes. "We've got a fairly extensive review program in place, we had a couple of ...