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Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... open in the coming weeks. Vanguard's external manager model Vanguard is best-recognised in Australia for its low-cost index ETFs but it has tied up with external active managers since its start in 1975, Vanguard Australia head of product and marketing ...

Sydney portfolio manager on best female fundies list

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... benchmark - the fund delivers for each 'unit' of risk assumed (here, risk is defined as not merely tracking the index." This factors in all the eligible funds, across all asset classes and sectors, that an individual has run over that time period ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... advocated for changing the means by which CSS and PSS pensions are fairly indexed to ensure they matched the cost of living index. The pensions also remain taxable despite super income being designated tax-free in 2007. In the 1980s, SCOA had close to ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... investing can be more transparent than traditional active investing and at a lower cost, and it can also follow a particular index; it also requires time and exposes you to different risks." While Cassar is a fan of low-cost, diversified index portfolios ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... 6.5% in 2020, 6.6% in 2021, and 6.7% in 2022. As a result, the Philippine stockmarket and the peso have rebounded. The PSE index gained 6.7% in the first four months of 2019 (after falling by 13% in 2018) and the peso's up by 1.7% versus the greenback ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... negotiations. However, it appears good news (on China's economy) is bad news (for equity market investors). China's CSI 300 index dropped by 2.3% on the day, in reaction to the Politburo's statement. Still, the index remains 33.7% higher ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... household income and falling housing prices in some cities." Speaking of household income, the Budget predicts the wage price index - up 2.3% in the December quarter - to grow by 2.5% in FY 2018/19 (still feasible) before accelerating to 2.75% the following ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... who remain suspicious of Chinese stats, the Caixin China General Manufacturing PMI offers the same indication, with the index rising to a reading of 50.8 in March from 49.9 in February - this is the first reading indicating expansion since November 2018 ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... to send China's stocks soaring and turn its market technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US President Donald Trump used his fingers to do the talking: "I am pleased to report that the ...