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HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... territory. Shares Plus followed with an increase of 1.3 per cent, followed by HESTA's largest fund Core Pool. The member-default fund is believed to have more than $10 billion in funds under management. The property fund showed the lowest return of 0.2 ...

Legalsuper employer contribs jump 15 pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Proebstl, legalsuper chief executive, said, "An increasing number of law firms have invited us to participate in their default fund tenders and recent successes include being appointed default fund for the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia ...

Cbus to shut down 'capital guaranteed' option, renames default

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Unions Superannuation (Cbus) has closed two of its investment options, including 'capital guaranteed', while renaming its default option to 'growth'. Cbus fully closed its moderate growth option at the end of 2010, while the capital guaranteed option ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... funds AustralianSuper and First State Super in NSW. The $2.31 starting price matches the average premium for standard default cover for not-for-profit super fund group insurance which buys up to $175,000 sum insured. However, according to Virgin Money's ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... advice, want piece-by-piece simple advice rather than holistic advice. Many advisers still provide holistic advice as the default option," the finance regulator ASIC noted in its recently released Access to Financial Advice report. Growth in the self-directed ...

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... performing super fund against Westscheme ranked in the 54th spot over the year to December. For example, AustralianSuper's default option returned 8.5 per cent while Westscheme's equivalent default option returned 5.3 per cent over one year. The investment ...

ASIC outlines philosophy behind policy framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Financial planners who continue to think holistic advice is the default advice model are holding themselves back from seizing emerging opportunities, an ASIC report said. Early in January, ASIC released their Access to Financial Advice report that outlined ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... global bonds. G7 10-year bonds offer an average yield of only 1.8 per cent. Barring exogenous shocks (perhaps, a Spanish default?) that could send volatility soaring and shatter investor confidence, sub-par global economic growth should be no hindrance ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Be careful what you wish for. After many, many years of drought, Australia got what it wished for - the green lawn inducing, agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... institutional investors. Murphy said that, while they have embraced emerging markets, Australian institutions "tend to default" to equities, when a number of dynamics suggest it would be sensible to add exposure to emerging market debt. The growth profile ...