Russell captures Australian market value premium with new ETF

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Russell Australian Value ETF is the first style-based ETF in Australia Based around new Russell Australia High Value Index Designed with specific applications for institutional investors Russell Investments is aiming

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NakedFunds uncovers investment in Graincorp

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The NakedFunds Australian Share Fund (NakedFunds) has invested in Graincorp (GNC). Each month NakedFunds directly engages with its Members (investors and potential investors) while conducting detailed research and analysis on

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Insync FM Doesn’t Hold Banks in its Global Portfolio – Why not?

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Insync FM Would Also Find it Difficult to Hold Australian Banks in a Global Fund Given: Their overweight home loan portfolios Their regional outlook Their recent dividend performance Sydney-based international

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Time to go Overweight on Energy Stocks – Without Having to Pick Winners

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Energy Sector ETF Allows Investors to Tilt Their Portfolios for Capital Growth Australian-owned sector ETF provider, Australian Index Investments (Aii), believes that with the growth in energy costs worldwide that

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LUCFR Super awards Aviva Investors $51.5m T250 Bond Fund mandate

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Aviva Investors today announced it has been awarded a $51.5m T250 Bond Fund mandate by national pension fund, Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF). LUCRF Super is Australia’s first industry

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‘Next Generation’ of financial advice shows industry the way ahead

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Leading wealth advisory firm Centric Wealth today announced an integrated new portfolio management approach that represents a step change in the delivery of professional financial advice in Australia. Years in

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Income investors turn to global equities

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Forecast double-digit earnings to drive dividend growth Income-seeking investors will increasingly turn to global equities in 2011, with leading international asset manager Threadneedle forecasting that key international markets will experience

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Lonsec celebrates a 10 year success story

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For more than 10 years, Lonsec’s Australian Equity Core Model Portfolio has provided financial advisers with a highly concentrated, low-turnover portfolio solution for their clients. More than a decade later,

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AMP Capital Investors acquires additional stake in Thames Water

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AMP Capital through its European flagship fund, the Strategic Infrastructure Trust of Europe (SITE) and separately managed accounts, has taken an additional stake in Thames Water, the largest water and

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Defensive strategies drive allocations for Implemented Portfolios

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Implemented Portfolios’ Asset Allocation and Investment Committee (AAIC) has affirmed defensive positioning strategies for its five model portfolios as developed markets continue to show subdued growth outlooks in the committee’s

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