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APFC seeks absolute return director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... input, and assistance with overall APFC investment decisions. The 14-member APFC investments department is supported by 20-plus additional operations staff as well as external managers, all working toward long-term performance goals set by a 6-member ...

One fund to fight lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... "structural efficiencies" and high fees continue to hamper the system. AUSfund, which has HESTA, AustralianSuper, CBUS and HOST-PLUS among its clients, is pushing for a "wholesale change" to remove the structural inefficiencies - including relatively ...

BlueMountain to post record returns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
US-based hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management hopes its forecast 20 per cent plus returns, lower fees and new liquidity rules will appeal to local super funds allocating new money into alternative strategies. Hedge funds are a hard sell these ...

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... Core both posting just over 11 per cent during that period - compared to the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index's 6 per cent-plus gain. BT Investment Management got seven of the firm's Australian equities funds into the top 20. Crispin Murray, head of equities ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... (representing about 800,000 people) - that is one in six working Australians. Between these funds there are over $300 billion plus in assets. Murden is urging the government that instead of tampering with the superannuation system, it should be encouraging ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Following its latest asset allocation review, the $2.9 billion-plus Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) is set to introduce a "bias to Australian shares" across all its investment options bar one, at the expense of international equities. ...

ING drops guarantee for interest

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... Deposit Fund that provides a higher interest rate instead of the government guarantee. The ANZ Flexible Term Deposit Fund Plus provides an interest rate of 3.5 per cent per annum for OneAnswer clients and 3.8 per cent for OneAnswer Select investors. ...

...and what it means for Australian instos

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... Scheme. UniSuper has mandates with both providers, a total $1.8 billion enhanced indexed equities mandates with BGI and a $600-plus million international FI mandate with BlackRock. "If you look at it globally, there's very little overlap. In Australia ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... Eurozone's and the UK by 4.1 per cent each. Industrial production was worse in these countries as exemplified by the 31 per cent-plus plunge in Japanese industrial output in the year to April. There have been numerous explanations for the sharp jump ...

Club Plus overhauls Aussie eq

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $1.3 billion industry fund Club Plus Super has axed the majority of its Aussie equities investment managers - leaving the fund with just four major managers to take care of a $400 million domestic equities portfolio. Club Plus Super, the industry ...