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Boutique focus with new super product: Bendigo Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... Wealth has set its sights on independent financial advisers with its new super investment product with ten active and index funds, a cash option, one admin fee of $98 and fully flexible insurance options. The Bendigo SmartStart Super, to be launched ...

PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and low cost alternatives might be to the detriment of returns. "Given the dislocations and upheaval in global financial ...

Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... five years ago. "The continuing shift in the Australian market place towards low cost, transparent, and diversified index funds and ETFs is a positive development for investors," said Joseph Brennan, chief investment officer, Vanguard. "Minimising costs ...

Asgard adds funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... customer's investments across a wide range of investment options," Power said. She said adviser demand was still strong for index funds and ETFs. Seven new funds were added last week. They were: Regal Long Short Australian Equity Fund, AQR Wholesale ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... International Equities Review 2010, van Eyk looked at core, specialist and extension strategies but excluded passive or index funds.

Realindex tops $2bn in FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... strength of the fundamental index methodology" Francis said. "We see our process as basically capturing the benefits of index funds but offering some of the upsides of active management," he continued. "I think institutional investors are looking at ...

Rising markets boost Perpetual's bottom line

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... strong record of outperformance was a strong rebuff to growing suggestions that investors should put their money in index funds. Perpetual Investments' small companies fund remains is strongest performer with 14.67 per cent excess return over its benchmark ...

Lite Super website pulled down

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... complex enough to warrant one. Lite Super's key feature was its index management, with a focus on the benefits of index funds versus actively managed funds. Since the launch, however, Commonwealth Bank of Australia took on St Andrew's investments, super ...

Vanguard to release 19 more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... Russell 1000, Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices. Meanwhile, the firm is bringing to market with three municipal bond index funds that will track the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index series. The firm has registered the 19 new funds and ETFs ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... individual securities have become far more popular among financial advisers and for corporate retirement plans, low cost index funds have become more prevalent. Vanguard Investments provides index fund strategies to retail and institutional investors ...