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Stronger Super look-through requirements may erode competitive edge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The federal government's comprehensive look-through requirements, due to come in on July 1 2014, may compromise confidentiality agreements and erode members' returns, according to Graeme Miller, Towers Watson's director of investment services Australia. ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... small investors such as self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), often forcing them to limit their investments to listed assets or take more expensive advice related aggregated channels. Eventually Sweeney wants to see greater choice and improved access ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... formal market would need to be independently valued before they could be transferred into an SMSF. The transfer of listed assets would also be required to be executed through existing markets for those securities. Dropping the changes effectively adopts ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The risk profiles of unlisted assets can be analysed as if they were equities or Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by using integrated models that look at risk across all asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... professionals have been told they need to ensure they understand incoming regulation that makes it harder to transfer listed assets into self managed super funds. Speaking yesterday at the opening session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
While China's banking system is plagued with challenges, the fundamentals prove they are a good investment within Asia's biggest economy, said a senior Macquarie Capital Securities analyst. Despite China's banking sector only delivering a 1.2% return ...

AMP Capital expands Aust Eq team

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... analyst for energy, infrastructure and property in the third quarter of 2010. Lally has over 15 years experience in listed assets analysis and investment experience in capital markets. Thomas Young has also joined the team as assistant portfolio manager ...

Future Fund ex-strategy chief opens Scarce Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... best returns come from investments where capital is scarce, yet a lot of investors put most of their funds into listed assets - just like everybody else. "The way that economics work is that if capital is abundant then you're not going to make much money ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... major roles in the fund raising success, he said. The fund is a ten-year closed end fund, focused on brownfield, non-listed assets located in the Eurozone. It aims to deliver target yields of 5 per cent and target internal rate of returns of 15 per cent. ...

Busting myths on alternatives: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... the coming year - up from 40 per cent in October last year. On a performance comparison, however, the valuation of listed assets after the GFC have recovered at a faster pace than those of many unlisted assets. That said, Australian equities continue ...