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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... 4.9%, Malaysia by 4.2% and Thailand by 3.2%. According to the National Economic Development Authority, "This robust performance of the economy increases the likelihood of achieving the DBCC-approved [Development Budget Coordination Committee] GDP growth ...

SMSFs up property, managed funds exposure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... have decreased to around 34.4%, instead the allocation to Australian Equities increased to 35.8%. Even though the performance of the ASX Top 20 shares was a negative 7.7% for the quarter, the allocation to Australian Equities increased, showing trustees ...

Australian Ethical appoints former AMP Capital PM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... 55% growth in profit, a doubling of its share price in the past two years and consistent top quartile investment performance of funds. Australian Ethical chief investment officer David Macri said: "Australian Ethical's strong performance would not be ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The performance of superannuation funds' individual asset class options has not been as robust as one might expect, according to the latest performance analysis by Rainmaker, bringing into question how effective the active management investment strategies ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... fall in equity markets last August, followed by an increase in volatility from December to February." "The recent performance of popular picks such as resource and banking stocks have highlighted a need for some SMSFs to diversify and see managed funds ...

Hyperion hard-closes flagship small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... possible. Regular savings plans into the fund will also end. Hyperion managing director Tim Samway said the high performance of the fund required a hard close: "Our long term performance has consistently driven strong inflows to our funds, which is of ...

Financial Sector Advisory Council back in action

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... advise the government on the implementation of its response to the FSI and provide advice to the government on the performance of the financial system regulators: the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); the Australian Prudential ...

BTIM reveals strong results

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... European (+0.4 billion), Australian (+0.3 billion), UK (+0.3 billion) and Asian (+0.2 billion) equities. Long term performance of the fund also remained strong, with 95% if FUM exceeding respective benchmarks for over three years and 98% over five year ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
As the valuations of residential property and bank stocks have risen, so too has the risk that they will face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are ...

Global real estate offers investors diversified approach

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... various international property markets. This means that a fall in one property market will have limited impact on the performance of the fund," said Parkin.