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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... international equities index is significantly below the benchmark MSCI All Country World ex Australia index. Australian equities returned a negative 3.2% result in the year to August 2015. Property meanwhile returned 14.2%, Australian fixed interest ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... proportion of international equities rose from 39% at the end of February to 42% at the end of August, while Australian equities fell from 47% to 44% over the same time period. However, net flows to Australian equities were 2.1% in August in a market ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... in the global economy have resulted in the funds positioning more conservatively and significantly cutting Australian equities exposure. Over recent months, MLC has also focused on currency: "We are looking at our overseas exposures and at the moment ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... fund has been looking to decrease its equity exposure but the asset class remains "the dominant risk asset." "Australian equities risk remains well above what would be seen as objectively as a natural allocation," the report said. QSuper has also transitioned ...

BNP Paribas loses custody deal to RBC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... custodian will administer four of Bennelong's funds: the Bennelong Avoca Emerging Leaders Fund, Bennelong Australian Equities Fund, Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund and Bennelong ex-20 Australian Equities Fund. Additional funds due to ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... Monday, another sell, sell day. This time the media - social or otherwise - are calling the sharp drop in the Australian equities market yesterday a "Horror Monday". It wasn't as bloody as that "Bloody Monday", 24 August, when the benchmark index lost ...

Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... according to the performance of their investments," Bint said. AllianceBernstein (AB) chief investment officer Australian equities, Roy Maslen also told Financial Standard the company's research indicates many people are going to need to invest in growth ...

Dalton Nicol Reid rebrands

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... investment sectors. The firm was also recently appointed by Energy Super to manage the fund's $400 million Australian equities portfolio.

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... Australian property) during the worst decile of monthly Australian equity returns from April 1990 to now. "When Australian equities are at their worst, other forms of equities are similarly underperforming," he said. "But what happens with bonds is that ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... of fossil fuels. "We have brought some consistency to our approach to the socially responsible component of Australian equities and we will be doing the same for global equities before the end of the year," chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner ...