australian equities

Funds management

Morningstar puts brakes on AMP Capital Investors' Aussie equities fund

Morningstar has given a scathing assessment of AMP Capital Investors' Australian equities fund following the departure of one of the group's analysts on the same day the ...

Funds management

Macquarie builds fundamental equities capabilities

Macquarie is looking to its fundamental equities funds as a significant area of new business for the group....

Superannuation

SMSFs move to Australian shares

A survey of SMSFs administered by Multiport reveals a dramatic move to Australian equities away from cash....

Financial planning

Australian managers hit hard

New Watson Wyatt research reveals Australian investment managers were among the hardest hit by the GFC....

Funds management

Fund managers increasingly bullish

Russell Investments research suggests most fund managers believe the worst is over and have resumed their love affair with Australian equities....

Policy & Regulation

OptiMix launches tax and dividend optimisation strategy

ING Australia has introduced a tax and dividend optimisation strategy to the wholesale Australian Equities portfolio within its OptiMix range of specialist multi-manager ...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse launches Performance Plus Series

Performance Plus Series offers investors exposure to Australian equities, resource stocks, Chinese securities and a potential solution to investors who are "cash-locked" ...

Financial planning

Patersons launches fixed income joint venture

Will play key role in developing institutional fixed income business....

Financial planning

QIC goes multi-boutique

QIC has discarded implemented solutions and global tactical asset allocation as part of a shift to a multi-boutique approach....

Superannuation

Bennelong added to MAP Superannuation multi manager portfolio

MAP focusing on right mix of active equity managers in preparation for future market environment....

Financial planning

Irrational investors play key role in market inefficiencies: Tyndall

Irrational investor behaviour plays a key role in forming market inefficiencies, according to Tyndall Investment Management head of retail Craig Hobart....

Financial planning

Advisers need to be 'realistic' about investment strategies

Distorted markets create significant opportunities for active managers....

Financial planning

Aviva Australia names five managers for new Navigator SMA

Aviva Australia has appointed five fund managers to the separately managed account (SMA) facility it will launch on its Navigator platform in September....

Financial planning

Hyperion outperforms index by almost 20 per cent

All three of Hyperion's Australian equities products record results well above their benchmarks....

Funds management

Thirst for Australian equities gradually on the rise

Support for cash-based products and term deposits is waning, with data on Aviva's Navigator platform showing a tentative shift towards Australian equities in the last six...