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New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Amid poor fixed income returns, the need for alternatives in today's portfolios is being recognised by mainstream investors. But high fees, a lack of transparency, little capacity in top performing products and inconsistent returns from skill based ...

SelectingSuper awards super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
The 2015 superannuation fund of the year has been recognised at the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne. HOSTPLUS has taken the gong, which Rainmaker's statement said "[reflects] its complete low-cost offering and strong, consistent performance ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Properly calibrating the superannuation system is the most important policy change from the Murray review of the financial system. Super could be sharper, leaner and easier to understand. That's why the Murray proposals to define the objective of superannuation ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
CommSec, Australia's largest online broker, has seen a sharp increase in demand for foreign owned shares. The number of customers opening up international trading accounts has grown almost 50% in the past six months, compared to the preceding half year ...

HESTA awards low volatility mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA has awarded a low volatility equities mandate to a Dutch asset manager. Robeco's global equities strategy was selected by the superannuation fund to "capture global equity returns with less risk," according to head of Robeco Australia Stephen ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... to 2.9% this year from the 3.0% it predicted two months ago from 3.1% in June and 3.7% one year ago - due to a "further sharp slowdown" in emerging economies and weakening global trade. To wit: "Emerging market challenges, weak trade and concerns about ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
It's that time of the month again folks, the time of great anticipation for the coming of mother - the mother of all eco stats, that is. So wipe your microscopes clean and sharpen your scalpels. We'll need them to dissect and distil and scour the latest ...

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... rolling annual return has dropped from 9.5% at the end of June 2015 to 6.0% at the end of September 2015 mainly due to the sharp 12.7% loss in Australian equities in the three months - nevertheless the 12 month Australian equities result is reasonably ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... October from 93.9 in September. While still below 100 (optimists outnumber pessimists), the components of the index showed sharp improvements: Economic conditions expectations soared by 20% over the month, unemployment expectations dropped by 16.3% and ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Despite succumbing to heightened financial market volatility in August and September, the Japanese equity market remains an outperformer. From January through to yesterday, 21 October, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 6.3%. While down from the 19.4% ...