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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 ...

Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... clients to seek opportunities in the listed arena as the global financial crisis continues to hammer the price of listed assets. "All the [listed and unlisted] assets compete equally for a place in the portfolio and if you look at the listed ones at ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... O'Sullivan said the fund's unlisted assets are revalued on a regular basis, but not everyday, as is the case for listed assets, because that "wouldn't make sense".

IFSA calls for more frequent valuations of unlisted assets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... investors, particularly after unlisted asset valuations became the subject of debate as liquidity dried up and 'bargain' listed assets flooded the market post sub-prime. Traditionally, unlisted assets are valued annually or at best, quarterly, but IFSA ...

Infrastructure still key to returns

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Industry super funds' appetite for unlisted infrastructure assets will not wane despite the financial crisis because the sector's investment nature aligns closely with the funds' long term goals, said David Whiteley from the Industry Super Network. ...

Unlisted still king: MTAA Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... property, infrastructure and private equity which provide some degree of insulation from the panic that is gripping listed assets," said MTAA Super. Among these infrastructure projects are hospitals, airports and tollways along with development capital. ...