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Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... 8.3% last year to 10.8% and there is still room to increase that. "The allocation [to private equity assets] might be a little higher, but not much. Although we are long term investors, we still have to worry about the level of liquidity in the portfolio," ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren Snyder reports. AvSuper ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... targeting the HESTA, a 766,000 member fund, were led by a small number of users. The Facebook campaign 'HESTA Divest' gathered little over 400 'likes', while a Change.org initiative had 110 supporters and had not reached its objective of 200 supporters ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... shining armour, from a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." - Peter Cetera, "Glory Of Love Lyrics" For a little while there, I was ready to give that knighthood to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Treasurer Joe Hockey for turning ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... reference to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) lack of diversification across a large number of sectors. "We've got little in technology, little in healthcare, our banks are expensive... at the same time, the technology sector in Asia includes ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... Nicholls said. "Arguably the four pillar policy now is industry policy at its worst; it is protection of domestic players with little or no benefit to consumers," he continued. The CIFR report found that "the four major banks are protected by an implicit ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust aims to return cash plus 3% per annum over rolling three-year periods, with as little volatility as possible. The strategy was established in March 2011 and since it launched it has delivered an annualised ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... operating on the domestic economy had remained much as they had been for some time. Consumption growth had picked up a little since 2013 and the most recent data on retail sales and liaison information were consistent with the momentum in consumption ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... depreciation in the Australian dollar seems likely and necessary," has disappeared from the statement. "The Reserve is a little more sanguine around the conditions in the economy. While they retain the flexibility to cut rates again, the Aussie dollar ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... devaluation. Looked at in this context, the knee-jerk scares that the skies are falling over China is just that... Johnny Little scares. For sure, Chinese stats have been slowing of late but... by not much. Data released yesterday support this: Retail ...