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Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... portfolios lack diversification geographically and by asset class, with a particularly heavy bias towards Australian equities and low exposure to fixed interest and there are no signs that investment behaviour is likely to change in the near term, GSAM ...

AllianceBernstein managed volatility strategy rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... but also to maintain positive risk-adjusted returns over the long term. Roy Maslen, chief investment officer-Australian equities added: "We believe that a low-volatility equity strategy has a greater chance of success if it also focuses on three other ...

Perpetual reveals institutional, platform mandates

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... and reached $31.8 billion. Net inflows for the quarter stood at $500 million which included net inflows into Australian Equities of $500 million from the institutional channel and about $250 million raised by Perpetual's listed investment company (LIC) ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

WAM Capital announces $100m share purchase plan

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... assets of $621 million and had a before tax NTA of $1.77 per share. Of the assets held, 51.6% were allocated to Australian equities with the remaining 48.4% held in cash. The current cash weighting supports WAM's flexible mandate to actively pursue opportunities ...

MTAA Super awards $200m global credit mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... are invested. AllianceBernstein Australia's institutional channel has won new mandates during 2014 across Australian equities, global equities, emerging-market equities and global fixed income.

Centric Wealth adds Vinva to Australian equity portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Wealth management firm Centric Wealth has added Vinva Investment Management to manage $100 million of its Australian Equities portfolio through the launch of the Australian Equities Extension Fund. The fund invests all of its assets in the Vinva Australian ...

Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... the leading independent financial planning groups move towards to the managed accounts space especially for Australian Equities," said Bellmont Securities director David Montuoro said. Libertas Financial Planning currently has around 30 authorised representatives ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... performing Australian equity team has warned investors against complacency as the fund manager's flagship Active Australian Equities Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary. SSgA Asia-Pacific head of active quantitative equity Olivia Engel said the market's ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... end September delivered 20% to super funds in Australia which was more than three times the 6% delivered by Australian equities.