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QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... The investment philosophy at QSuper is being continually debated but the fund's strategy has performed "as hoped for", producing stable returns despite random outcomes of markets. QSuper repositioned its investment strategy over the past six years post ...

Asset management modeling low-cost airlines

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... going to remain in the driver's seat. These internet titans don't have the investment DNA over time. They're tied up producing an electronic car," Rajan said. "We spoke to Google people in the UK and they are basically saying if we ever go into this ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... diversification in the context of all return drivers and adding the necessary governance or outsourcing to ensure success." In producing the P&I/Towers Watson list Australian super funds recorded a five-year compound growth rate of 11% per annum - ahead ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... outlined by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (US CCB). It specifically avoids companies involved in producing biological weapons, chemical weapons, cluster bombs, landmines, nuclear weapons, conventional military sales and child labor ...

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... would be "a flexible mixture of the existing account based product, combined with other long risk management income producing streams that would help retirees manage the risks that they face." Cooper's call matches that of the Actuaries Institute, which ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting any inroads to be made towards reducing the supply glut - particularly ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... seats than anything else and at this very moment is in the midst of debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting issue of marriage equality and royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. These, after Bronwyn Bishop's choppergate. ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... AustralianSuper is about $88,000, the AIST report said. Cooper has called for a target superannuation balance capable of producing 65% income replacement to a maximum of two times average weekly earnings. He has also called for the super access and age ...

Prime Value launches fund for SIVs, SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Significant Investor Visa (SIV) scheme. The Prime Value Cash Plus Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing securities and seeks to outperform the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate with minimal risk of capital loss. "The strategy ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... biggest consumer of commodities - reason behind the tumble in commodity prices - there goes the economies of commodity producing/exporting countries, there goes national income and global demand, there goes global growth. But the same was said of China's ...