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Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
High equity weightings in accumulation superannuation are unsuited to retirement funds, presenting a big opportunity to life offices and super funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... Management. The $74.6 billion Future Fund, set up to help future Australian Governments pay the cost of public sector superannuation liabilities, awarded the mandate some time in the March quarter. Winton spokesman Robin Eggar said the actively managed ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... drivers and couriers will soon be very aware of who manages their super if all goes to plan for transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER. The industry super fund is putting advertisements on more than 80 billboards around the country to catch ...

Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... the reforms with 83.6 per cent opposed to the banning of up-front and trailing commissions on risk insurance in superannuation and only 22.3 per cent in favour of the bi-annual opt-in arrangement. Advisers said the two-yearly opt-in arrangement would ...

Innovative platforms create $397 bn industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... the platforms were awarded the highest position due to its model portfolio functionality, end-to-end self managed superannuation administration service, new n-link interface, range of adviser service fee options and tax management capabilities. "We are ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Local super funds, institutional and retail investors are buzzing around offshore property thanks to the strong Australian currency and dismal property values overseas, according to AXA Real Estate head. In the group's latest global property report ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... 12 months compared to 9 per cent for the year to end February, and given this asset class holds one-third of all superannuation it's bound to slow down the entire superannuation savings pool. International shares which make up another 22 per cent of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... and publishing revenue slumped. News Corp shares fell 58 cents, or 3.4 per cent, to $16.70. Australia's biggest superannuation provider, AMP Ltd, says net cashflows for the first quarter at the AMP Financial Services business fell to $42 million, from ...

Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... looking at ETFs as a way of picking up market exposure with low fees. Institutionally, fund managers - including from superannuation funds - were also moving into the sector he said. "It's a really easy way for fund managers to do transition management," ...

AMP reports subdued Q1 cashflows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Services (AFS) registered a significant fall in net cashflows for the first quarter of 2011 although AMP's retail superannuation and pension business fared well. AFS' net cashflows were $42 million for the first quarter of 2011, markedly down from $236 ...