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MLC adds three managers to new strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... also require enough transparency about their investments to make sure we know the risks. We then apply MLC's scenarios analysis so that we fully understand the role these exposures would have in our diversified portfolios," she said. The initial allocation ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... no economic strategy and will always put its own political survival ahead of the national interest," he said. Treasury analysis showed that lost super accounts with balances of $1,000 were being hit with charges as high as $169 a year, essentially wiping ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... been transferred into self managed super funds (SMSF) - a shift that's regarded as structurally unsustainable. Rainmaker analysis reveals that while SMSFs increased their superannuation market share from 28% to 33% over the last five years, the platform ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... by Morphic Asset Management, MGOF invests in global equities, using individual stock research and economic 'top-down' analysis, and is marketed to retail investors through financial planners. Morphic was established by two former long standing Hunter ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... upgraded its rating of one State Street equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed three others following its latest analysis. The State Street Global Investors (SSgA) S&P/ASX 200 Fund has been upgraded from 'recommended' to 'highly recommended'. ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... of 75.1%. However, the new research confirms that the shortfall is dramatically worse than first thought. The Milliman analysis - which uses an actuarial value approach to liabilities - indicates the aggregate liabilities are $3.706 trillion, which results ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... low-risk fixed interest investment bond designed to free up capital that could be directed towards new housing projects. AAH analysis supports their claim that a $90 million investment by government to underwrite a new Housing Supply Bond could leverage ...

Big data 'big headache' for super: J.P Morgan

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... whole view of big data allows funds to really dig into and better understand member behaviour, drive far more predictive analysis of member activity and secure more detailed insights into the cost and revenue drivers across different customer segments," ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... neutral. This is in part because of indices which evaluate weightings with a rear-view approach, he said. An alternative analysis which excludes the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution of state companies, to determine residual GDP is a better approach ...

SMSF industry hits back on 'rort' claims

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... leaving for more flexible options like self-managed funds," Cole said. "But we are very concerned at the inaccuracy of the analysis underpinning proposals to change the SMSF system." Cole argues it would be unfair if future decisions on the tax treatment ...