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Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Business School has added to fears that wealth managers must expect lower returns than has previously been predicted. "The new study shows that equity risk premiums are going to be around 3.5-4.5% rather than 7-8% forecast by most pension funds," he ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... 2012. "There is a significant jump in the appetite for direct shares, and for the first time since the inception of this study there are more investors who intend to reduce their exposure to term deposits than increase their exposure," he said. The results ...

Small shareholders eclipsed by instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... are increasing their allocation to listed Australian companies while small shareholders have slashed their portfolios, a study for the Australian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) shows. The data reveals a decline in the percentage of issued capital ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... relative to GDP rose to 101% in 2012, according to a Towers Watson report. According to the Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Study, Australian superannuation assets relative to GDP rose from 96% in 2011 to 101% in 2012, joining the Netherlands, Switzerland ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
After a three-year study into the European collective investment scheme industry, the EDHEC-Risk Institute has recommended a system of 'shared responsibility' to limit the non-financial risks which emerged following the global financial crisis. The ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... Revelations of HOSTPLUS plans to become a PST follow last week's revelations that it was one of the clear standouts in a Rainmaker study of extra benefits offered by Personal and Workplace superannuation products. While Energy Super topped the table ...

Energy Super tops extra benefits table

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
Energy Super, CareSuper and MLC MasterKey Business Super are clear standouts in a study of extra benefits offered by Personal and Workplace superannuation products, according to Rainmaker research. In its 2012 review of extra benefits and features ...

NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Zealand CIO Awards. It was also rated 1st equal for combined Transparency & Governance, out of more than 80 funds, in a 2012 study by the Centre for Financial Stability (Argentina).

More risk checks needed for super fund equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... no idea how liquid their portfolios really are. "The devil is in the detail and often funds have not done any significant study," he said. Greg Nolan, general manager of investments for CareSuper, said that the $6.5 billion industry fund does monthly ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... eight months to go until the government's sweeping reforms aimed at improving confidence in the industry become mandatory, a study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research shows that the majority of consumers still don't believe their adviser ...