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Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... them being vulnerable to falls in discretionary contributions and being hardest hit due to their high exposure to listed assets. "In contrast, the relative strength of corporate super is most likely due to their contributions being maintained by employers ...

Russell's Andrew Lill moves to AMP

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... Andrew Lill, takes a senior post at AMP Capital Investors. Lill has been appointed head of investment specialists, listed assets, for the firm. Under the new role, he will head a team of six investment specialists across listed assets and be the primary ...

APRA declares hand on unlisted asset valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
APRA has unveiled how unlisted assets should be valued in light of the current markets and broke away from tradition when it outlined what it considers as 'bad practice'. "Valuations of 'appraisal based' assets can have a critical impact on members ...

DB super deficit rises to $25 bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... backed up by $56 billion in assets. But the global financial crisis wiped off much of the value of many predominantly listed assets causing a massive divide between assets and liabilities. However, McNeice said the firm's numbers are based on accounting ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
Global institutional investors are snubbing direct infrastructure projects and fund-of-fund strategies for distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Sean Henaghan, investment director at AMP Capital Investors, said investment decisions were made that resulted in one of AMP's super investment options ranking among the worst performing default options according to SelectingSuper, but he said the firm ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

Bumper year for the faithful: Fidelity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Fund manager Fidelity makes a line call and names 2009 as a vintage year for buying Aussie shares. Taylor believes the New Year will represent "fantastic opportunities" to buy into the Aussie equities arena. "We're going to go through what's going to ...