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Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Wharton, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. The scholarship is targeted towards Australian based superfund executives, chief executives and chief investment officers. The successful applicant will be able to take the Investment ...

Moment of truth

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... market is. Worse, even with the 50 per cent who knew, only a third correctly thought it would have some effect on their superfund. Compounding the issue is that regardless of the member's financial literacy, many still don't see their superannuation ...

Super funds pay little attention to biotech

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... companies coupled with insufficient scale and a market cycle that favours other industries to biotech and life sciences. "A superfund is not going to invest in a $5 or 10 million dollar company, they're going to struggle to invest in a $100 million company ...

Superfund Group pans for Australian gold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
Global managed futures fund specialist, Superfund Group, is extending its operations down under to tap into the local demand for alternative investments and commodities. "It could not be better timing for us to expand our product offering to Australia ...

Instalment warrants spice up property portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... good way to acquire the property if they were interested in it, as it could be a good way of acquiring it through their superfund. With the right risk profile and strategy they could be just the right thing for trustees," said Sadler. But Super Concepts ...

IQ launches superfund toolkit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
IQ Business Group has developed a software toolkit that provides super funds with the ability to manage, develop and support their business practices. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group Australia, said the toolkit is a support suite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... Bank of America and Citigroup all rose more than two per cent. The three banks, spearheading an effort to establish a superfund to ease problems in the credit market, are expected to seek support from others in the industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... long-term commitment to the South Australian market and to providing support and services to the growing self managed superfund industry."

All is not lost

They say money don't grow on trees. Not unless it's unclaimed or lost super money which grew from $6 billion four years ago to $9.7 billion this year, according to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The ATO has launched an online service that allows people ...

UniSuper flags $1b property spend

UniSuper is the latest megafund to flag it will invest at least $1 billion in unlisted property over the next five years, enough firepower to acquire 100 per cent or majority stakes in buildings, an investment strategy once the exclusive domain of fund ...