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Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... someone as small as us before," Whitten told Financial Standard. "It is 90 West's view that these long-term demand drivers, combined with constrained supply for some commodities, provides a favourable investment climate. "Particularly in selective, high ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Despite combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion underlying the healthy state of the big-four banks, Siviour remains wary of an over-reliance ...

Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australia's big four banks have posted combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion, but bank chiefs, analysts and investors alike have focused on concerns about the sustainability of returns in a tough environment. Westpac rounded off the reporting ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the global ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... be overlooked, adds James is the once in a life-time urbanisation story currently playing out within China and India's combined 2.4 billion population, that will underscore exponential future growth. Despite a notional downturn in its population growth ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... government's Asian century roadmap yesterday. "Asia's GDP by 2030 is expected to be larger than that of the Americas and Europe combined," said Paulo Maia, chief executive officer, HSBC Bank Australia. Maia said that this brings with it immeasurable ...

CPSA brands super centre wasteful

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... Superannuation Consumer Centre won't get close to adequately protecting the interests of consumers, according to the Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association (CPSA). In providing funding, the government claims to have recognised a need to ensure ...

Retire mortgage debt with super: CPSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... calling the lump-sum super payment system a 'retirement savings disaster' overlooks the bigger picture, according to the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA). Whether it's ideal or not, retirees are using superannuation payouts to ...

Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Asia, and Australian investors should also consider South America, said global investment manager MFS. South America's combined stock market at about $1.6 trillion is only about one-quarter the size of China's, but it's twice that of Singapore, reported ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... respondents including asset managers, pension plans, pension consultants and fund distributors from 29 countries with combined assets under management totaling more than $25 trillion. The survey was followed by 100 interviews. "In the wake of the 2008 ...