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CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... that the fund does promise to meet arbitrarily decided yield targets and instead looks for companies that will have sustainable returns over the long-term. He said the approach has been particularly effective during the GFC. "Many high yield stocks performed ...

Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... period, Shorten said. "The system should focus upon people who earn average wages and in order to keep the system sustainable, we can't have infinite concessions to an infinite amount of money," he said. The same treatment will be applied to members ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... technical experts and academics. "Our superannuation system needs to be fair, consistent, stable and it needs to be sustainable in the long term," Shorten said. "Labor is the party of superannuation; we established super and we continue to improve it," ...

Centrepoint appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... relations, asset management and mergers and acquisitions. "John's experience in positioning companies for long term sustainable growth and delivering superior financial performance within the financial services sector is ideally suited to Centrepoint's ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... government that not only is committed to their superannuation, committed to growing it, but committed to making it sustainable," he told the Nine Network's Today program.

SelfWealth provides socially responsible portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Portfolio features companies demonstrating diversity at board and senior management levels and it also focuses on sustainable income and avoiding speculative risk. "The two portfolios complement our other professionals perfectly and we look forward to ...

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... addition to our retail stocks, we are also overweight non-bank financials. We believe that double digit growth is sustainable over the long term, provided you focus on the fundamentals. Our expectation is that top line growth is key, as the market can't ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... environmental causes, is reacting to comments made by prime minister Julia Gillard that super should be made "fair" and "sustainable", clearly placing the country's retirement system on the budget agenda. "The $15 billion dollars in super tax concessions ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 billion and might cost about $45 billion in a few years time. This is not sustainable in the long term," Silk said. "If we could somehow take the politics out and adopt a long term approach which is ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios which focus on sustainable long-term dividends as well as capital growth. The investment brings total funds under management in the portfolio, which ...