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Church funds take youth off the streets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The National Conference of Church Superannuation Funds (NCCSF) has donated $30,000 in surplus funds from its recent conference to the Youth off the Streets charity. Since 2006, any surplus funds from sponsorships or delegate registration fees from the ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... presence in Australia to complement offshore teams. Franklin also noted an increase in country-specific funds. "While US funds and Europe funds have been in existence for some time, funds such as China funds, emerging markets funds and India funds are ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

... joint survey by Watson Wyatt and US publication Pensions & Investments on the top 20 pension funds has revealed that US funds' have lost their market share from 66 per cent of the total assets held by the top 300 pension funds in the world back in 2000 ...

AAA and Questus marching to the same drum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
Adelaide based AAA Financial Group and Western Australian based Questus Capital have entered into a strategic partnership to streamline back office and support functions and establish one of the country's largest non-aligned planner networks. The strategic ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

Back to bonds: EPFR

... capital flows, country and sector allocations and company holdings data from 15,000 international, emerging markets and US funds with US$7 trillion in assets. Michelle Baltazar

Emerging markets out, Japan in

... US$65.4 billion in value due to falling share prices globally. EPFR itracks 15,000 international, emerging markets and US funds with US$7 trillion in assets, including offshore and US-registered funds. Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings has noted that Japanese ...

US fund fees plummet 50 per cent in 25 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... confirms that 80 per cent of non-employer based investment decisions are made through an adviser. And even though no-load US funds are becoming increasingly popular as the ICI reports that the cheapest 20 per cent of funds attract 80 per cent of inflows ...

CSF inspires faith with RSE and goes public offer

The Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has become the first major church-based super fund to gain a Registrable Superannuation Entities (RSE) licence and will also go public offer. CSF has pipped many other non-religious funds to the post, gaining their ...

Hurricanes hit US equity funds, Latin American funds back in favour

A global fund research report reveals that investors are taking their money out of the US funds and swapping into Latin American, European and Japanese funds. According to the latest weekly funds flow data from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) ...