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Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Management, IFM Investors, Infrastructure Capital Group and Pallisade Investment Partners. According to IPD while Australian equities delivered a pre-fee 6.3% in the 12 months to end September, Australian listed infrastructure delivered 16.6% and unlisted ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... willing to work in Melbourne and are available. Most of the global roles will be recruited overseas while our Australian equities team tends to be recruited locally. "We will control the risk by controlling the amount of money they manage so it won't ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... behind State Street Global Advisors, which has $124 billion, and AMP Capital Investors, which has $116 billion. Australian equities account for 8% of the Future Fund's asset allocation, international equities 34%, listed property 6%, debt securities ...

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... testament to our process and Nathan Lim's ability as a portfolio manager." Other winners included Pengana for the Australian equities small cap award, Fidelity for the large cap award, and LHC Capital for Australian equities long short award. L1 Capital's ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... years (as at 30 June 2014), 87.62% underperformed over three years and 79.36% underperformed over one year. Australian equities didn't fare much better. Three-quarters of active funds underperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index over five years ...

CFSGAM appoints Five Oceans founding member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has expanded its Australian equities team with the appointment of a new portfolio manager. Kim Tracey joins CFSGAM from boutique international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management, where ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... investment options, in some cases by more than 80%. The previous investment fee, for example, of the fund's Australian Equities option was 0.28% per annum (p.a.). Now it is around 0.05%. The international Equities fee, meanwhile, has gone from 0.32% ...

BetaShares launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... underlying index and instead aims to provide lower overall volatility than the benchmark. BetaShares' yield-focused Australian equities product, the BetaShares Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) (YMAX), employs a similar strategy. ...

BetaShares funds awarded 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... rating by Lonsec in February 2014. The QOZ exchanged traded fund (ETF) provides exposure to the 200 largest Australian equities, weighted in a way that is reflective of the economic footprint rather than the market capitalisation of its constituents. ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... period. The first of its kind in Australia, the company aims to provide investors with diversified exposure to Australian equities whilst at the same time making a financial contribution to Australian children's charities. "The philosophy behind Future ...