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Bennelong and Legg Mason get ratings boosts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The recently established small caps fund, Bennelong Avoca Emerging Leaders Fund, received a 'recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The fund is a joint venture between Bennelong Funds Management and Avoca Investment Management and is co-owned ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited says it is seeking fresh thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement ...

20pc not too high for super contributions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Super contributions should be un-capped and be allowed to rise as high as 20%, allowing people to provide for themselves, an international funds manager told a media briefing this week. Speaking in Sydney, BNY Mellon Asset Management Asia Pacific chief ...

PIMCO adds to insto team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Australian superannuation industry. More and more, our institutional super fund clients are focused on measures to retain retiree members in the fund, and, as part of this, they are looking to develop competitive retirement income solutions," Wilson ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... past century average male life expectancy jumped from 57 to 81, for an increase of 24 years. It means that the average retiree is expected to survive 16 years past their retirement age, with healthier people from higher socioeconomic groupings likely ...

Bonds eye off super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Inflationary-linked bonds are the next vehicle for super funds to manage their investment portfolios for retirees, with institutional investors looking towards this neglected investment, according to one inflation investment manager. Super funds may ...

Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Turning 65 does not necessarily mean it is time to revert to an ultra defensive investment portfolio, providing it holds the right assets, according to Ashton Reid, portfolio manager of Legg Mason's Real Income Fund. Retirement income products are a ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Demand for investments that deliver stable reliable income streams will push demand for inflation linked bonds, said a fixed interest manager trying to cash in on the sector. Omega Global Investors, a boutique manager part owned by the Macquarie group ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Retirement incomes need to grow by $600 per year to comfortably keep pace with rising costs of living, new figures have confirmed. Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super ...

Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Self-funded retirees may not be left out in the cold in the new carbon tax scheme after all, with Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announcing more package highlights to Tasmanian retirees. Yesterday self-funded retirees expressed concern of being ignored ...