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ACSI lends weight to ASX plan for rights issues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... would, "lead to a material reduction in underwriting and management fees borne by investors, due to reduced exposure to market risk." ACSI represents more than 40 industry super funds with assets upwards of $300 billion.

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

AusSuper introduces new member risk framework

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
AustralianSuper has changed the way risk is described in investment options in an effort to help members make clearer choices based on their individual time frames. Modelling and consumer research was used as the basis for determining the most effective ...

HESTA income stream phases out risk

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Fowler, executive manager, investments and governance, HESTA. "We were uncomfortable with the point-in-time investment market risk that exists in popular de-risking strategies, such as life-stage, and the standard advice model of periodically rebalancing ...

Longevity forcing industry to adapt to thrive

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Actuaries Institute CEO and co-author Melinda Howe. "What retirees need is a secure income. They need protection from market risk and longevity risk," said Howe. Howe and fellow actuary Barry Rafe argue in the paper that rapid movements in life expectancy ...

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... of volatility," said Millar. "We are trying to provide equity-like returns...but with less than half of the equity market risk because we feel that has fundamental appeal to most investors, be it super funds or retail investors."

Call for new generation annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Actuaries Institute has called for tax disincentives to be removed from deferred lifetime annuity products found in overseas markets, along with the development of a new generation of annuities in its pre-budget submission to the Federal Government. ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Howes, there are a number of reasons for this, including difficulty in predicting longevity, political barriers, and market risk. "The major cost of a guaranteed income stream is actually the market risk, not the longevity risk. The cost of guaranteeing ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... designs we expect individuals to operate as if they their own defined benefit fund or insurer responsible for not just market risk and inflation but longevity risk. It leads to the situation that retirees find it is very difficult to live on their investment ...

Super funds need to guide members: Investment Trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... with lower incomes recording the most concern. Meanwhile, the industry has responded with a spike in longevity and market risk products hitting the product market during this same time period. The report surveyed over 9,000 Australian investors and super ...