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Stop writing value’s obituary
Any value manager will tell you that the past 10 years has been a challenging period. Not only have growth shares outperformed, but the dispersion in price performance between the two styles is currently the widest it’s been over this period. Looking at the performance of the MSCI value and growth indices (see chart below), […]
Super’s trillion dollar decade, but members must be wary of risks
Super funds have had a convincing finish to what was a bumpy 2019 financial year, with an improvement in sentiment and a rallying share market in June helping funds over the line with solid returns. A promising 2.0% gain in the September 2018 quarter seemed to vanish before members’ eyes as funds suffered a 4.7% […]
Super funds look to move past forgettable financial year
A world-beating performance from Australian shares has been overshadowed by the re-emergence of geopolitical uncertainty and a wave of risk aversion in global markets, leading to softer performance for super funds in the final stretch of the financial year. According to estimates from leading superannuation research house SuperRatings, the typical balanced option return was -0.7% […]
WAAAX, FAANG, and the market’s bucket mentality
Behavioural finance tells us that herd behaviour is hard wired into our brains. As investors we don’t want to miss out on opportunities, especially when we see others taking advantage of them. Herd behaviour and a fear of missing out is what drives asset bubbles, which means as investors we need to be on guard […]
Cracking the advice gap
When industry funds first came on the scene in the 1990s, the member contribution rate was three percent of wages and there was one investment strategy that applied for all members. The last thing trustees were thinking about was the need to cater to the increasingly complex advice needs of their members before and after […]
Super funds enjoy late surge in final FY quarter
Super funds have failed to be rattled by the softening economic outlook, delivering solid returns in April and boosted by market momentum through early May. Despite yesterday’s correction, funds remain on track to beat expectations for the June quarter, which is historically the weakest period of the year. According to estimates from leading superannuation research […]
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