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Russell names IC director

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Global investment and superannuation firm Russell Investment Group has appointed former director of consulting for Russell Canada, Jim Franks, to the role of director, investment consulting in Australia. According to Andrew Lill, director of investment ...

Renewable energy needs super aid

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Emerging energy market adviser and fund manager Bakers Investment Group (BIG) has warned that the government's 2020 renewable energy target will be unachievable if investment incentives halt in the sector - especially for superannuation funds. BIG has ...

Toolsets by managers, for managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... expertise gives them a leg-up when developing their system because they understand the boundaries investment managers and pension fund analysts have to deal with and everything needs to be traceable and drillable, he said. Decisions support systems are ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... and the benefits of diversification," Miller said. "With the average allocation to equities at 56 per cent, global pension fund assets could have diminished by between A$1.1 trillion and A$1.6 trillion since the beginning of the year." Illustrating the ...

More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
More than three quarters of Australian investment managers expect high corporate earnings growth in Australia, a far more optimistic view than their US and European counterparts, according to an AXA Rosenberg survey. AXA Rosenberg surveyed 196 investment ...

Largest US pension fund SIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Christianna Wood, senior investment officer, global equity of US pension fund giant CalPERS, has jumped ship to take up the position of chief executive of hedge fund sponsor, Capital Z Asset Management. Wood will leave CalPERS in mid-February, and Eric ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
The government's 15 per cent contributions tax on superannuation guarantee payments should be reduced and the co-contribution policy revamped to boost national saving levels, suggests two major finance industry bodies. The Association of Superannuation ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... pension funds worldwide and found explicit role guidelines between the board and executive are required. Otherwise, the pension fund risked becoming ineffective. On portfolio construction, he recommended pension funds use two investment strategies, a ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... stock voting against the deal. "One of the major weaknesses of the current process is that when a fund manager or a pension fund trustee takes a voting decision, and passes it along the voting trail, it becomes very difficult thereafter to be absolutely ...