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Sovereign tops adviser survey
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Sovereign tops adviser survey

Sovereign, has again achieved the overall number one position for adviser satisfaction in the recent annual intermediary survey carried out by Australian firm WA Taylor.
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 06:22AM
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1 month ago Simon Rule
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1 month ago Clayton Coplestone
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I mean seriously, it's not really a benchmark that is a true test of skill is it?. It's set at such a level that a passive exposure would pay performance fees. From Salts own fact sheet, since inception the benchmark has returned 7.45% and also from Salts own fact sheet a passive NZX/ASX exposure return of 8.66% per annum. Congrats, you've underperformed your own passive comparison by 1.2% per annum before fees! It gets real spicy if you take a passive, hedged exposure to SPX. Now your benchmark is underperforming a passive exposure by 7% per annum. Don't really see the point of the the fund, not even volatility reduction as it looks like the fund participated fully in the drawdown during Trump 1 and COVID.
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