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BT makes three investment hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... new portfolio managers. Sonia Bluzmanis, who joins from Colonial First State Investments, will manage the Australian equities portfolio and Daniel Park, most recently from Perpetual, will manage defensive assets. "Both Sonia and Daniel join BT with over ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Investors would do well to diversify by investing overseas or away from the traditional combination of cash, Australian equities and property. An awareness of how local and international events will affect the Australian dollar can also help investors ...

IOOF awards small cap mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... IOOF has awarded an Australian small companies mandate to a global fund manager. Aberdeen Asset Management's Australian equities team will manage an Australian small companies portfolio on behalf of the financial services company. Aberdeen has been managing ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... exchange traded products to more than $20 billion, the big theme has been the reallocation of capital from Australian equities to international equities. Part of this was net funds flow. Out of a total of $6 billion net funds flow $2.5 billion went to ...

Lazard funds rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... It was upgraded to 'highly recommended' by research house Zenith earlier in 2015. The seven-member Lazard Australian equities team is headed up by Rob Osborn and Dr Philipp Hofflin, who have worked together for more than 20 years. Osborn, Australian ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
BetaShares has launched a managed risk Australian equities exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: "AUST") invests a passively-managed selection of Australian shares (broadly similar to the ASX 200) while employing an ...

ETFs hit $20bn in assets under management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... vehicle among retail investors. The majority of funds traded under ETPs are global equities (43.1%), followed by Australian equities (38.7%), Australian fixed income (9%) and Australian property (5.6%). There are currently no global fixed income or infrastructure ...

Aberdeen Australian equities fund upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
The Aberdeen Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund has been upgraded to "Highly Recommended" by Lonsec following a recent review. The Aberdeen Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund was launched in August 2014. It is a concentrated portfolio of around 20-60 companies ...

S&P creates ASX200 futures index

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... front-month futures contract on the S&P/ASX200 Index. The benchmark provides investors an alternative way to measure Australian equities. The index calculates both excess return and total return versions and is designed with a provision to replace the ...

mFund take-up slower than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... on mFund during October were multi asset or mixed funds (21.4%), followed by global fixed income (20.4%), Australian equities (20.1%) and global equities (16.5%). The top five funds transacted during the period were the Schroder Real Return CPI Plus ...