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Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Future Fund has achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Stronger Super's portfolio disclosure rules present major challenges to super funds investing in private markets, not because the investments are opaque but because portfolio disclosure could require them to disclose their intentions about future transactions. ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Rapidly changing technology isn't a threat to financial services operators, it's just the continuation of long term trends that have always confronted the sector, said global financial services technology specialist Advent. Illustrating how far technology ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued veiled warnings that welfare spending and age pension structures will need to be changed say by raising the pension age to make them affordable. In a major speech he presented this week to the 'The Global Age of Responsibility ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Initial public offerings backed by private equity investment managers out-perform other IPOs by a factor of almost 50:1, according to research just released by the private equity and venture capital association AVCAL. The study which was prepared by ...

SEC reopens target date funds disclosure review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has reopened its review into enhanced disclosure regulations for target date funds, a sector that they believe is very difficult for investors to compare. The review was launched following recommendations ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index recovered slightly during February to return 12.8% up from 12.5% at end January albeit this is still sharply down from December's 16.1%. Underpinning the results are that the rolling ...

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
In an era when many investment managers are engineering overly complex, multi-layered model-driven strategies, traditional managers focused on long term fundamentals are finding a receptive audience. "It's performance, performance, performance. It's ...