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SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... comfortable with exchange traded funds (ETFs). While international share allocations declined, allocations to Australian shares remained more or less consistent from 34 per cent of the portfolio in December 2007 to a fraction under that figure in June ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... deep recession were unfounded. "You can call it anaemic growth or whatever, but we don't have a recession." Australian shares were doing better than those in the US as commodity prices recovered rapidly from earlier falls, Mr Wright said. "Coal and iron ...

Progressive trumps all with simple strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... constant, it has stayed essentially the same since 1 April 1998." The fund has allocated over $7 million to Australian shares, $4 million in mortgages, more than $3 million in cash and the remainder invested in listed property trusts and Australian fixed ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... is pleased with the amount of money the other international ETFs are getting. The firm launched the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, the Vanguard All-World ex US Shares Index ETF and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF on 8 May this year. ...

RaboPlus adds index funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... brokerage across all the fund manager's products till the end of July. The firm's platform now includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index fund; Australian Shares High Yield fund; Australian Fixed Interest Index fund and Australian Property Securities ...

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... fund, that same capital would be worth over $1,700 today. Rainmaker Information data found the Perennial Growth Australian Shares Composite returned more than 15 per cent; Prime Value Growth fund recorded 14 per cent and the Fidelity Australian Equities ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... review, the $2.9 billion-plus Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) is set to introduce a "bias to Australian shares" across all its investment options bar one, at the expense of international equities. The trustee told members in its latest ...

Super breakthrough for SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... finishing of negotiations with the managers but you'd expect to get your basic index model portfolio, your core Australian shares and possibly a mix between value and growth," said Cobb. Fechner said they will announce the name of the model portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to rise on Wednesday after commodity prices, including gold, oil and copper, gained in New York overnight. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 24 points higher at 3,968. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after commodity prices including gold, copper, and oil declined in overnight trading. At 0704 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 3,940. In economic ...