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Long term returns key to super

The latest Intech Super Survey shows that average returns in the past 20 years remained strong despite the 1987 market crash, early nineties recession and the tech bust. According to Intech, the median growth super fund returned 8.9 percent per year ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) has started reviewing fund managers regarding how actively they exercise 'active ownership' principles such as exercising proxy voting and participating in constructive shareholder engagement. Mercer IC has taken ...

Increase your weight in gold

Research house van Eyk suggests investors increase their allocation to gold while market conditions remain attractive for the precious nugget. According to van Eyk's investment strategist Nigel Douglas, the prospects for gold have improved given renewed ...

CommInsure joins life insurance innovators

CommInsure is another insurer that has responded to market pressure to innovate with its launch of a hybrid insurance annuity product that blends traditional annuities with market linking. CommInsure Managing Director, Simon Swanson, describes the product ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open firmer, continuing the strong form of yesterday, although it is expected to be capped by thin trading due to a public holiday in Melbourne. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Business is losing the battle for trust: Edelman

A recent study of Australian opinion leaders has shown that only 1 in 4 considered institutions trustworthy. The survey, which was conducted by global communications firm Edelman, has revealed that only 27 percent of those surveyed rated any institution ...

Financial Wisdom on target to exceed 400 advisers

Financial Wisdom Limited's Western Australia division has picked up several financial services practices in recent months, which they predict will push their number of authorised representative advisers to over 400 by the end of 2005. The recent acquisitions ...

Economic Roundup

Increased volatility continued to be the name of the game during last week's financial market trading activity. Inflation and its attendant consequence on monetary policy - read higher interest rates -- remained the major cause for recent investor trepidation. ...

Compliance in FSR advertising going to be difficult: Minter Ellison

At the Law and Finance conference yesterday, lawyer and Minter Ellison Partner, Stephen Etkind, warned that fund managers and institutional investors would have to be on their toes with their advertising standards. Etkind sent out a stern warning and ...

Inflation surges but interest rates should stay put

Inflation has now reached the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) tolerance range, but the surge in inflation is slower than expected. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.9 ...