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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... equities returned a negative 3.2% result in the year to August 2015. Property meanwhile returned 14.2%, Australian fixed interest at 6.3% and cash at 2.5%. Funds with relatively low exposure to international equities and relatively high exposure to Australian ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Australian bond fund outperformed its benchmark over a one-year period and only 13.73% beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index over five years. A-REIT funds also fared badly with 92.75% failing over the last 12 months and 81.01% underperforming ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... will be available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical fund, which is not common in the Australian market: "While there have been equity funds available for some time ...

Henderson scores $2.6bn in mandates from Perennial buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Henderson spokespeople confirmed to Financial Standard. Perennial Fixed Interest is managing at least six Australian fixed interest mandates for investors such as AustralianSuper ($856 million), CareSuper ($235 million), Statewide Superannuation Trust ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... management were $85 billion and it was managing $12.8 billion in fixed interest. According to Vanguard, its Australian Fixed Interest Fund is the largest in Australia, with $4.23 billion.

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... relative performances, with more than 90% of funds underperforming the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT and the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index. Even for Australian small-cap equity funds, which performed comparatively well in the last Scorecard, the results ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... investment returns over the long-term. The Altius Sustainable Bond fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Australian fixed interest assets. It has been launched following a successful book build period in late November. Altius chief investment officer ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... than half failed to beat the benchmark over one year. In Australian Bonds 79.69% underperformed S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index in the one-year period, 86.54% underperformed the benchmark in the three-year period and 67.24% underperformed the ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Now it is around 0.05%. The international Equities fee, meanwhile, has gone from 0.32% p.a. to 0.08%. Australian Fixed Interest option fell from 0.09% to 0.05% p.a., while International Fixed Interest option went from 0.26% p.a. to 0.07%%. First State ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... in one of its two submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) show that SMSFs have just 1% in Australian fixed interest and even less in international bonds. NAB executive general manager for debt markets Steve Lambert says while the reasons for ...