MLC Market Watch

With February a good month for sharemarkets, what has it meant for MLC funds? In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

• MLC Australian Share Strategy performance in February
• the outperfomance of MLC Australian bonds managers, and
• what it means for the MLC Balanced and Growth Funds

View the March MLC Fund Performance Update video here.

Download John Owen video script.

This document provides you with an overview of MLC funds quarterly distribution and individual fund commentaries for February 2010.

The document also includes a Q&A which should answer your questions about distributions for MLC MasterKey Investment Service and MLC MasterKey Unit Trust investment options.

MLC Distributions Update – February 2010 (PDF, 78KB)

While sharemarkets ended 2009 strongly, it’s been tougher going for investors this year. In this update, MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:

• the associated risks of the sovereign debt issues in Europe
• the RBA’s decision to keep the cash rate at 3.75%, and
• what it means for investors.

View the February market update video here.

Download Brian Parker video script.

While 2010 has started slowly for investors, one-year performance figures are continuing to impress. In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

• the recent performance of the MLC Australian Share Strategy
• the outperformance of manager Sands Capital, and
• what it means for the MLC Balanced and Growth Funds

View the February MLC Fund Performance Update video here.

Download John Owen video script.

With the echoes of the global financial crisis still affecting financial markets, we’ve been looking at ways to further enhance risk management while still providing investors with opportunities for long-term wealth creation.

So we’re introducing a Strategic Overlay, designed to help build greater resilience in the MLC Horizon portfolios to weather all storms.

View the MLC Horizon Portfolio Strategy Update video here.

Download Investment Strategy Update – Strategic Overlay, December 2009 video script.