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Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Money is flowing out of managed funds and into bank accounts and independently managed accounts (IMAs), industry watchers said yesterday. According to Rainmaker research, $86.4 billion dollars flowed into bank deposits in the December quarter last year ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
UniSuper makes its second investment mandate this year into global technology, investing over $200 million in US-firm, RCM. During the last 12 months the super fund upgraded global technology from a beta investment to alpha after completing extensive ...

AustSafe give SuperChoice clearing job

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
AustSafe Super has announced its partnership with superannuation clearinghouse, SuperChoice as part of upgrades to its client services for employer members. This is the first collaboration between the two, which will see SuperChoice provide a branded ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... global emerging markets at London-based hedge fund GLG Partners, told trustees at last week's Conference of Major Superannuation Funds that the developing world was reverting back to a typical pattern of unrest after an abnormally stable period in the ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Thousands of financial advisers will have access to direct equity trading through the North platform after upgrades to its Bluedoor software engine go live on Monday. The new Bluedoor upgrade was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the ...

Europe to follow Australian sustainability lead

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... counterparts, said Penny Shepherd, chief executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance association (UKSIF). "Australia's superannuation funds offer an increasingly important market for UK investment managers. This briefing increased awareness in the ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...

ASIC new guidance for AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... face updated guidance including guides on margin lending facilities, simple managed investment schemes and certain superannuation products. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released the updated guidance asking that issuers ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... the Financial Planning Association, said unlike a normal tax return, the Government's rules on the concessional superannuation caps were so inflexible that people who make genuine mistakes had an extremely limited ability to fix the situation. He called ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
AustralianSuper hopes to get a more concrete measure of how much 'climate change risk' can affect the fund's long-term returns, hiring a consultant to analyse the impact of climate change on all its investment portfolios. The $37 billion fund said it ...