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Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Growth in social media usage by Australian financial advisers has far outstripped the growth experienced in the community overall, according to new statistics from Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Zurich general manager of life and investments ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has made its second investment in natural catastrophe reinsurance, appointing London-based Leadenhall Capital Partners to manage a US$275 million mandate. The new mandate is focused on natural catastrophe ...

Platforms hold sway over fund access

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The lack of available funds on platforms, as well as the difficulty in being included, mean unlisted property funds remain only on the fringes of mainstream investment, a Property Investment Research (PIR) panel discussion has concluded. Panel members ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... two weeks, there are copious incentives for investors at every stage of the supply chain. Infrastructure is the least risky link in this chain. "These are the 'boring assets' that provide you the asset characteristics of low competition, high regulation ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... their Japanese investment teams. "Institutions have taken their eye off the ball," he said. Joining the presentation via a link-up from Nikko AM's Tokyo office, head of global strategy John Vail stressed the importance of a weakening yen on Japanese ...

Two Storm victims to receive $1.1m in compensation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie have agreed to pay $1,100,000 in compensation for losses made by former Storm investors Barry and Deanna Doyle. The figure was calculated by independent experts and Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) under ...

Pressure on benchmark affects managers performance: Cuffe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... in the short term could be preventing them from achieving high returns, UniSuper chairman and founding director of Third Link Investment Managers Chris Cuffe said. "It is hard to get alpha and I wonder if fund managers can actually do it," Cuffe said ...

SuperStream data standards superficial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
SuperStream's data standards only superficially deal with how gateways will interact with each other, according to the SuperStream Gateway Project (SGP). In a newsletter to stakeholders this week the group wrote: "the SuperStream data standards only ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
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Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
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