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Pool local govt infra projects to attract investors: E&Y

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A study commissioned by the Commonwealth government into infrastructure financing has recommended the pooling of local council infrastructure project structures to make them more attractive to superannuation funds. The report by Ernst & Young suggests ...

Telstra Super launches income option

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... in response to both feedback from our members and results emanating from a wide ranging member research and segmentation study," said Kevin Moloney, Telstra Super's general manager of development and distribution. "In this time of ongoing market volatility ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... started his career in the life insurance industry in 1986, as an agent with Legal and General, progressing his career through study and experience to ultimately hold his own AFSL in 2003. As well as his terms as President and State Director, Mr Murphy ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... $300 million in FUM, but they are not necessarily boutique managers. Urbani said, "Over the full 19.25 year period of the study from 1993 to March 2012, the Emerging Managers proxy generated an excess CAGR of 3.66% pa over and above that of the Established ...

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... of Google+ users make only one post and the re-share rate is extremely low albeit Google has rejected the results of the study saying that its methodology was flawed. The Neilsen report showed that Australian users of Facebook spend more time per month ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... the sector with seven of 10 leading private equity managers being based in Beijing, Hong Kong or Shanghai, according to a study recently released by PE Asia magazine. But Australia is also a market leader with two Sydney-based private equity managers ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... first time, the expectation is that it will cost $770, according to Investment Trends new research which was based on a study of 1,443 Australian adults. The report also found that the average Australian expects to pay $590 in total for their financial ...

FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Brisbane yesterday. Following a presentation on the Shadow Shopper's methodology and a discussion of a hypothetical case study containing elements of good, adequate and poor advice, FPA members called for further clarification particularly in specific ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... industry has found that funds have significantly outperformed equities, bonds and commodities over the past 17 years. The study, conducted by the Centre For Hedge Fund Research, titled 'The Value of the Hedge Fund Industry to Investors, Markets and the ...