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Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
keep your investments diverse and stay the course. That is the advice from Vanguard's chief economist in Europe, on the best way to design portfolios to adapt to the economics woes gripping the euro zone. Dr Peter Westaway explained how probable different ...

Still time to register for FICAP

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Financial, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Ironbark Asset Management, Macquarie, Magellan, MLC, PIMCO, Profusion, UBS, Vanguard and Zurich have all joined in the chorus of support. FICAP head of sponsorship and chief executive of Ironbark Asset Management ...

MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... the way they construct and manage their portfolios," he explained. Bottom-up stock picker Northcape and index-manager Vanguard Investments Australia who already ran money in the portfolios were both kept on the roster. JCP Investment Partners was also ...

Not all ETFs are made equal: Lonsec

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... above market average dividends." Having compared the governing rules of high yield ETFs from iShares, Russell, SPDR and Vanguard, within its inaugural Lonsec ETF Journal (released today), Lonsec found the portfolio of stocks held by each high dividend ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... by a drawdown from a mandate held by BlackRock, Fabian said. Money was also recently taken away from a mandate held by Vanguard to fund new international equities mandates awarded to New York-based Global Thematic Partners, Martin Currie, Walter Scott ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... research, based on an internet survey of 279 respondents, was conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA), sponsored by Vanguard and supported by the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Michael Rice, managing director of RWA, said 95% of ...

New CIO for Vanguard Asia-Pac

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Vanguard announced today that Gregory Davis, principal and head of bond indexing in Vanguard's Fixed Income Group, will assume the CIO role for the Asia Pacific region in 2013. Davis, who has held a number of different investment roles during his 13-year ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... while planners can develop the clients' long-term financial strategies." But Robin Bowerman, head of corporate affairs at Vanguard Investments Australia, in a recent investment update, said SMSF trustees are cautious about including residential property ...

Vanguard launches Fixed Interest Index ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Vanguard has introduced a new low cost Exchange Traded Fund range with the launch of the Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF. The new ETF is designed to offer investors' access to a diverse range of high credit quality Australian fixed income ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF providers, StateStreet with 48% of the market, iShares with 23%, Vanguard with 9%, and BetaShares and Russell with 3% each. Other providers control only 14% of the market, showing how handling ETFs ...