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There has always been an element of tension between super funds and financial advisers. From the super fund’s perspective, the adviser is a possible threat to member retention and can disrupt the fund’s engagement process. For the adviser, the super fund can sometimes seem like a closed shop, unwilling to give up control of the […]
Australia’s small cap shares have rarely failed to capture investors’ imaginations, not least for their ability to generate eye-watering returns when company narratives become reality. Since the start of 2016, sustained growth from small industrials combined with a rallying mining sector have produced remarkable performance for investors willing to move outside Australia’s biggest names. Now, […]
The housing market continues to dominate the headlines in Australia. Housing prices fell 4.8% in 2018 according to CoreLogic, driven by sharp falls in the Sydney (-8.9%) and Melbourne (-7.0%) markets. Price falls are now also evident in the middle and lower segments of the market, while auction clearance rates and volumes are trending lower. […]
With 2019 upon us, SuperRatings shares some tips that will help get your superannuation off to a flying start in the new year. Here are the six questions we think every member should ask themselves if they want to get the most value out of their retirement savings. If you’re looking for a new year’s […]
It is easy to see why the unconstrained approach is so appealing to investors. By taking a ‘benchmark agnostic’ view, an unconstrained bond manager can actively position their portfolio based on their view of the future direction of yields or relative performance between sectors. This flexibility not only allows unconstrained managers to outperform the benchmark […]
Super members are at risk of their first annual loss since 2011, after recording a third consecutive month of negative returns in November, as market volatility continues to test global markets. The latest data from superannuation research house SuperRatings reveals a negative return of -0.6 percent in the month of November for members invested in […]
This year has been challenging for fixed income investors across all sectors, but the extraordinary developments in emerging market currencies and yields spelled significant pain for Lonsec’s fixed income fund managers. Volatility had long been anticipated by investors but it finally reared its head in 2018 with February’s selloff, followed by a similar bout of […]
While consumer spending continues to propel the US economy, GDP growth slowed in the September quarter, with a conspicuous downturn in fixed investment. Recent signs of weakness in the housing sector have raised fears that this downturn could continue through the December quarter, but more importantly markets are concerned that Fed tightening could exacerbate the […]
Super members have suffered their second straight month of negative returns and are now firmly in the red for the financial year as market volatility and political uncertainty weighs on market sentiment. Nonetheless, super members remain well ahead over the long term with $100,000 invested ten years ago in any number of funds still worth […]
Leading research and investment solutions house Lonsec has appointed Rob Hardy to the newly created role of Executive Director of Sales and Marketing. Mr Hardy joins Lonsec after seven years at Clime Asset Management, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, and brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and business leadership across a […]
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