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Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... mainstream by US standards, BetaShares has brought some innovative products to the market including the inverse Australian Equities Bear Fund, which seeks to generate returns that are negatively correlated to the returns of the Australian share market. ...

Aussie income managers underperforming

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... real impact on portfolios, especially those with larger weightings in the top 20 shares." Lonsec's latest Australian Equities Sector Review shows 13 out of 30 income funds covered by the firm failed to achieve a positive return in 2015, with returns ...

LUCRF Super appoints head of investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... from Frontier Advisors, where he spent the last 14 years across a number of senior roles including, head of Australian equities and head of property. Most recently he held the role of senior consult to Frontier Advisors' largest clients. Gavin will commence ...

Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Mercer has appointed Acadian Asset Management to manage an Australian equities socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate. This latest appointment follows Acadian being awarded an Australian equities small cap mandate by IOOF Investments last week. ...

Azimut buys Australian equities manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... company AZ International Holdings, and will significantly widen each company's distribution capabilities in Australian equities. The deal also sees Pinnacle Investment Management selling its partnership with Sigma. AZ International Holdings director ...

New hires strengthens AMP Capital equities team

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... its Australia equities division. The appointments will expand the coverage of investment styles within the Australian equities team, led by Michael Price. Geoff Wells will be responsible for managing the lower tracking error portfolios with exposure ...

IOOF awards small cap mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Acadian Australia has been awarded an Australian equities small cap mandate by IOOF Investments. Acadian Australia, a subsidiary of Boston parent Acadian Asset Management, oversaw $1.7 billion at the end of February across a suite of long only, long/short ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... during 2015, the most by any entity included in the Rainmaker report. As expected the fund brought a lot of Australian equities mandates in-house last year, taking on about $4 billion. It also added more than $2 billion in property, about $1.1 billion ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015, compared to the 2.6% return ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... than $5.7 billion. It said equities were the main beneficiary with inflows of more than $4.9 billion, with Australian equities collecting $2.2 billion. The fixed income category secured $457.4 million. During a year of rapid expansion for Australia's ...