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China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
China's economy is now advancing so quickly that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company ...

Super insurance commission ban not what it seems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
While banning group insurance commissions from retail super funds seems a big deal, reality seems to be that most advisers don't make their living selling this type of insurance as they prefer traditional insurance sold outside super funds. According ...

Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Large superannuation funds are talking to bulk share-trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia to quietly deal in large blocks of equities, the broker said yesterday. At a press luncheon at Sydney's upmarket Rockpool restaurant, Liquidnet Australia ...

Equiti to launch US multifamily property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Global property specialist Equiti Capital Limited brings US multifamily property to Australia through a new fund. The investment potential in US multifamily housing, typically a complex of multiple apartments owned by a single entity, be it a wealthy ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
St.George Bank and other lenders are looking to plug the funding gap in the financial planning industry left by its rivals that have withdrawn from the market. Commonwealth Bank's decision to cease lending to financial planning businesses late last ...

The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... told Financial Standard that hidden implementation costs for services such as execution and currency hedging could easily equate to half the cost of investment management fees. As an example, an investor could easily pay 50 basis points in fees for brokerage ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The ACTU has called on industry funds to keep lowering their fees or risk losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing ...

BT Super for Life hits $1bn FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
BT Super for Life has topped the $1 billion in funds under management mark, less than three years after launching, and based on the average fees of its competitors, the company said that it had saved its 200,000 customers some $10 million in fees. The ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... billion people with limited penetration in the equity markets," he said. Analysts estimate that India's pension fund assets equate to less than 10 per cent of GDP. That leaves plenty of room for growth should India be able to grow its pension fund assets ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
The chief of Australia's largest industry fund, AustralianSuper, is urging politicians, especially the independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda as negotiations progress to form the next government. Ian Silk, chief executive of ...