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Instos change mandate strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The mandate hiring patterns of super funds and investors were on show in the latest Mercer report, which highlighted a renewed focus on currency management, the awarding of larger mandates and the growing popularity of alternative asset managers. According ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

... Australian banks. His funds have also reduced holdings in consumer-related stocks, such as laptop manufacturer ACER. "We just feel that the consumer in the developed markets, as a whole, is too leveraged and we just want to see that unwind before we ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australian housing finance commitments for owner-occupied housing fell by a seasonally adjusted 6.1 per cent in March, which was much worse than the median market forecast for a one per cent fall. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said 59,371 home ...

Tax relief will drive insurance cover

... and consider increasing these default levels. "But it's important to give the employee the ability to opt out should they feel they do not need that extra cover - perhaps because they would rather put the extra contributions towards retirement savings." ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... Asian tiger competitor-neighbours we risk lagging even more. This is because their report found that non-specialist teachers feel ill-equipped to teach the subject of mathematics or engage students in its topic areas. Pointing to a way forward, the AAMT/UNE ...

Aus planners lead the world in business practice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... planners have been able to make a good profit without having to address these issues, but as the market toughens and clients feel the downturn, these things will come to the fore."

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... developed critical illness cover - which in Australia has evolved into trauma cover. It also changes the way policyholders feel about and react to their insurance. "In the UK, critical illness cover is treated as a lifestyle product," said Kirwan. Kirwan ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... it's time they started explaining to consumers and to the government how all this works rather than complain to us that they feel so persecuted. An even bigger worry however is that Stevens then said that Australian banks are well insulated from the ...

CSRF drops SIM for AMP

Catholic Super & Retirement Fund (CSRF) has given AMP Capital Investors an ethical investment mandate after Suncorp Investment Management informed the fund that it would be closing its Ethical Balanced Portfolio option once all current investors have ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Warren Chant of Chant West said super funds with $5 billion or less "should not be in existence", but others are calling his claims over the top. Heated debates on the role of fund ratings firms at yesterday's CMSF conference saw Chant ply the notion ...