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OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics, and food security - attracted investment mainly from high net worth and family office investors. The investments will be directed towards developing ...

Cyber risks for local wealth sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... Marsh & McLennan that said cyber insurance premium sales are set to double to US$2 billion following a spate of data security attacks that have rattled corporates and especially financial institions that are now being targeted. Illustrating the extent ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... important as pension funds become increasingly accountable to consumers. "The tides of accountability for ensuring financial security in retirement are shifting from State and employer responsibility to individuals in many countries. This trend will ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... component of the US retirement system. Nevertheless, as is the case in Australia, for workers with low lifetime income Social Security provides the bulk of retirement resources. The ICI said makes it imperative the Social Security system and its fiscal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... after cutting it last month. And ECB chief Mario Draghi announced that the bank will start covered bond and asset-backed security (ABS) purchases, aimed at injecting cash into the stagnant eurozone economy. But Europe's main stock markets sank on the ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... money that'll now be wasted as they are redirected from expanding productive capacity into funding the war, national security and what have you -- the reverse of the 'peace dividend' when we had peace. And over the weekend, we got news indicating that ...

QSuper adds SMSF-style direct investment option

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Year, Rosemary Vilgan said. "We're offering them [members] more control over managing their retirement savings within the security of an established fund. QSuper Self Invest offers people the best of both worlds, control over managing their investments ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Insurance provided to people through their superannuation reduces the annual cost to government of social security by about $403 million, according to new research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). These savings ...

Annuities not right for default pensions: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... their lives." He claimed that compulsory annuitisation would "reduce living standards in retirement and add to social security costs," adding: "It's not the solution." He also said that annuities are not attractive because they are invested in "poor ...

JANA awards mandate to Loomis Sayles

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Portfolio manager Lynne Royer said: "This strategy may be well-suited for multi-manager portfolios as it seeks alpha from security selection and has limited macro elements. This type of investment leverages Loomis' greatest strength - research that is ...