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Market Wrap - late AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened flat after better than expected Chinese trade figures balanced weak leads from Wall Street and Europe. At 1020 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.1 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,487.7 points, while ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... 11.0%, ESSSuper with 9.9%, and ANZ Staff Super, AE Super and Quadrant all with 9.0%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were Host-Plus with 10.0%, Quadrant with 9.0%, OneAnswer with 8.9% and First State Super ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman, head of market strategy and communications ...

Two execs depart Telstra Super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... move to IOOF. According to the SelectingSuper performance tables, Telstra Super's one-year performance on the default-balanced option was 0% to June 30, 2012. This was below SelectingSuper's benchmark of 0.5% causing a fall in ranking to 57, although ...

Investment teams need more skin in game

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... such that hedge fund managers typically carry would help this absolute return focus. "If I was putting my money into a balanced fund or an institutional portfolio I'd be more likely to want an absolute return target than a relative target given that ...

State Street appointed custodian for ING's Living Super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... appointment follows ING DIRECT's recent launch of the product, which has ruffled some feathers in the market as it is the first Balanced option available to all Australians that have no administration or management fees. Under the new agreement, State ...

Investors warned on VIX futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... volatility strategies are gaining traction in Europe, one impediment to local take-up has been the issue of where it fits in a balanced portfolio, according to Brian Scott, chief executive officer at Amundi Asset Management Australia. "Volatility means ...

Quest for lower volatility spurs new Aus EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... "smoother ride" investing in emerging markets post-GFC. Although the portfolio will include stocks and bonds, it is not a balanced fund. "Rather than deciding we need to invest 60% in bonds and 40% in stocks, we start by selecting individual securities ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... data, rather than investment options. People don't invest in a fund, they invest in a particular option such as growth, balanced or defensive," Brogden said. "The new regime proposed by APRA is long overdue and needs to be implemented as soon as possible." ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... percent of 401(k) participants' assets were invested in equity securities through equity funds, the equity portion of balanced funds, and company stock. Thirty-three percent were in fixed-income securities such as stable value investments and bond and ...