GLOBAL EQUITIES

Financial planning

AltaVista launches upgraded version of Portfolio Builder aimed at allowing financial advisers to blend their own ETF portfolios....

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Editorial

Australians have sought offshore diversification for years. The logical extension is to think more deeply about how to make offshore exposures complement local ones, acco...

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Funds management

Despite a cautious outlook on the global recovery over the short term, Australian funds managers appear to have bullish sentiment when it comes to international and Austr...

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Funds management

Private equity funding to become more popular as equity and bond market concerns force investors to look elsewhere....

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Funds management

Over the 30 years to 30 June 2013, major asset class indices have returned between 8.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent per annum, led by Australian shares, Vanguard’s 2013 Ind...

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Funds management

Certitude’s latest survey reveals that investors appetite for global assets is increasing in line with performance expectations....

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Funds management

Following on from poor performance in 2011, emerging markets (EM) equities delivered strong returns over the 2012 calendar year, with the sector expected to grow in promi...

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Funds management

Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...

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Funds management

Australia has recorded the fastest growing level of assets under management among the world’s top 10 developed countries, growing faster than the Netherlands, Germany and...

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Funds management

More than half of Australian high net worth (HNW) investors expect global markets to rise over the next year, while cooling their outlook on the domestic front....

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Funds management

Assets under management (AUM) for the top 100 alternative investment managers reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, with Macquarie Bank taking out the top spot in Towers Watson’...

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Funds management

The global infrastructure securities sector has largely recovered from the losses experienced during the global financial crisis, delivering equity-like returns with lowe...

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Funds management

The local ETF market has seen an increase in flows to international ETFs, with both developed and emerging assets seeing an uptick in investor interest, according to a re...

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Financial planning

The move by governments and corporates to exit the pension business, combined with the first waves of baby boomers reaching retirement, has shifted a higher level of risk...

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Funds management

New FSC analysis confirms weakening sentiment around Australian equities in fully priced market....

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