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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 ...

Wealth mgmt earnings boost CBA results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Wealth management continues to be a significant contributor to Commonwealth Bank's profits, with the division posting double-digit earnings growth in the group's results released yesterday. For the full year ending June 30, the business reported cash ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... of fund mangers are used)," noted Mercer in a discussion paper. For a $10 billion fund with 200,000 members this could equate to about $35 million or 0.3 per cent of its asset pool, suggests analysis by Rainmaker. Mercer, however, found some funds believe ...

All that glitters are gold ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
A surge in gold exchange traded fund (ETF) investment has ranked ETF Securities as one of the largest holders of gold bullion in the world. Nigel Phelan, head of sales in Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the gold ETF structure equates ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Natural Capital joins a nascent group of fund managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second. Sustainable investing, called by any other name, has been around for decades. But Angus Forbes ...

New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
India's tax reform proposals will boost local savings, drive investment volumes and push up long term growth in the capital markets. The reforms could lead to strong savings growth for India's middle income households, according research from Mumbai-based ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... GESB chief executive Michele Dolin - despite the super fund suffering losses last year when the market turned. The sums equate to Dolin receiving annual pay rises of more than 20 per cent each year in the past two years. The AFR has reported since that ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... make gains. For example, if it takes three years for the market to return to its previous "normal state", this would still equate to an average annual return of 15.2 per cent, plus dividends. Dutton is responsible for investment strategy and management ...