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TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... senior appointments to its investment team. Marco Li joins the firm as senior investment analyst and head of Australian Equities while Duncan Robertson joins as senior investment analyst and portfolio manager for the group's Asia research platform based ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently invest heavily in cash and Australian equities, but hold very little in middle ground assets that provide better returns than cash but better protection than equities. But ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... Rainmaker research, as of the end of June 2013, 32% of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) money was in direct Australian equities, while just 1% was in global equities. The fact that retail investors like what they know is also reflected in the ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... international equities rose to 16% in March (up from 14% in February). Meanwhile, intentions to increase exposure to Australian equities waned, dropping from 29% in February to 23% this month. Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... strategies, or don't follow any strategy at all. "Examples of poor strategies include being overweight in cash and Australian equities and underweight in broader asset classes," PwC said. "Non-existent strategies include examples where 100% of a fund's ...

Tyndall AM reshuffles equities team as Van Munster retires

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Tyndall AM (Tyndall) has appointed a new head of Australian equities, after veteran Bob Van Munster made the decision to retire after 40 years in the industry. Brad Potter will take the reins from 1 June 2014, with Van Munster remaining in the business ...

T. Rowe Price hires former AllianceBernstein trader

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Nelson will oversee trading in Australian and New Zealand listed securities, working closely with head of Australian equities Randal Jenneke. Nelson was previously head of EMEA trading at AllianceBernstein, where he traded European equities, and head ...

Lonsec launches ETF model portfolios for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... for investors with different risk profiles, from defensive through to high growth and they provide access to Australian equities, international equities, property securities, fixed interest and cash. Lonsec said that the offer will appeal to self-managed ...

EQT Global Equity Fund on BT Wrap and Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... benefit from growth in markets such as the US and China, as well as ensuring they are not over-exposed to Australian equities in the current economic environment," Myers said. Dundas Global Investors senior partner and founder Alan McFarlane said that ...

SSFS invests in Standard Life alternative fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... the fund over the four-year period has been just 4.5% compared to global equity volatility of 10% (12.8% for Australian equities).