international equities

Funds management

ETF trades down in August

ETF trading values took a downturn in August despite investor interest in international equities....

Editorial

Is China headed for a hard landing?

Catherine Yeung weighs up the evidence as to whether China is headed for an economic hard landing....

Financial planning

Apostle launches Dundas offering

Apostle Asset Management this week confirmed the launch of its new product into the market - the Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund....

Funds management

Equities the silver lining for wary CIOs

CIO sentiment increased slightly in the September quarter, with domestic and international equities expected to perform best....

Financial planning

Zurich launches global equities offering

Zurich Australia has extended its product offering with the introduction of the Zurich Investments Global Equity Income Fund....

Funds management

Record global ETP inflows in first half of 2012

Global exchange-traded products saw their largest first half inflows in history, gaining $105 billion to $1.68 trillion, according to BlackRock....

Funds management

Stick with equities to mitigate sequencing risk: Wingate

Wingate chief investment officer Chad Padowitz says traditional strategies do not manage sequencing risk which is better mitigated with a diversified equities portfolio....

Editorial

International equities investors facing more turbulence

While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...

Funds management

Tyndall picks up alternative assets

Tyndall AM has expanded its investment classes as it is joined by Causeway Asset Management, which specialises in alternative asset classes....

Editorial

Fund managers face another tough year

It's been a tough 12 months for fund managers with investor sentiment persistently negative and Australian shares among the worst-performing. Unfortunately, things might ...

Superannuation

ETF growth continues

The Australian market for exchange-traded funds continues to grow, according to BetaShares' April review, which points to funds under management just shy of the recorded ...

Funds management

Big quarter for managed funds

Almost all major managed fund categories reviewed by Morningstar leapt ahead in the first quarter of 2012, with small companies funds the standout....

Funds management

van Eyk's word of caution for global equities investors

van Eyk Research has sent out a word of caution to investors in global equities, warning them that fund managers who performed well in last year's risk-averse markets cou...

Superannuation

Shares drive superannuation returns in January

SMSFs with heavy allocations to cash will have found themselves at a disadvantage in January, with both domestic and international equities driving superannuation returns...