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Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors have signaled much stronger appetite for investing offshore compared to their non-self-managed counterparts. According to the latest Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index (CGIII) report, 50% of SMSF investors ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The board of Local Government Super (LGS) will consider toughening its screening of investments in companies exposed to coal mining and other fossil fuels, but is unlikely to make any decisions before February, according to LGS head of sustainability ...

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Consumers find super 'mind-boggling', survey shows

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
Consumers view superannuation as "risky", "complex", "mind-boggling" and "stressful", according to a new consumer survey commissioned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The purpose of the survey, conducted by Latitude Insights ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
High frequency traders (HFTs) improve market fairness by reducing end-of-day price dislocation, new research from the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found. CMCRC examined data from 22 exchanges from around the world, from 2003-2011 ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Towers Watson adds five to investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Towers Watson has made five new appointments to its Australian investment team in response to an expanding client base. Two of the five are investment consultants: Craig Mercer and Sean O'Shea. Mercer will take on the role of senior hedge funds and ...