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Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Genetic predisposition rather than lack of knowledge or financial education is the biggest hurdle confronting super fund trustees, wealth managers and financial advisers trying to help fund members and investors make better investment decisions, reveals ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The Australian sourced investment management market climbed 1.9% during the December 2011 quarter to $1.370 trillion, Rainmaker has revealed in its latest Roundup report. Annual growth was negative 1.6%, resulting in FUM still being below the pre-GFC ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
Women make up 46% of super fund members in Australia but they are still massively under-represented on fund trustee boards, reveals new research from SelectingSuper's research partner Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker has analysed the gender composition ...

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Pension funds should avoid investing in social infrastructure because of its inherent political risk and its small illiquid asset pool, according to a just released study by the UK EDHEC Risk Institute. In their report entitled "Pension Fund Investment ...

MLC Insurance gets upgraded

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
MLC Insurance and MLC Insurance (Super) have both received further upgrades to their product line up. As part of the product upgrade from MLC, the two insurance offers have received five new features including a 12 month Life Cover Buy Back option which ...

ATO warns SMSFs on property transfers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
The Australian Taxation Office has warned self managed super fund trustees about inappropriate property transfers into super funds, signalling a crackdown into the practice. "The only real estate you can transfer into your SMSF is business real property. ...

AQR wins ipac mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
AQR Capital Management has won a mandate from ipac Asset Management for placement in the Global Risk Premium Trust. The mandate, for an undisclosed sum, takes the pool for the Australian domiciled registered trust to more than AUD500 million from a ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors names executive director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
Family office, Lowenhaupt Global Advisors Australia, has appointed Juliet Dunworth as executive director. Prior to joining Lowenhaupt Global Advisors Australia (LGAA), Dunworth had senior executive roles with Credit Suisse Private Bank, Pengana Capital ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
In the past 13 years, $1 trillion has been contributed into superannuation funds while the proportion of benefits paid as lump sums has plummeted. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has just released its Annual Superannuation Bulletin for ...

Hedge fund FUM to hit $2.3 trillion by year end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
A Deutsche Bank survey of global hedge fund managers finds they expect their combined FUM to climb to $2.3 trillion by the end of 2012. Driving the expectations are institutional investors, HNW and Family Offices looking for investment performance in ...