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Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... extent hedge funds, private equity and commodities - in the larger markets have grown from 5% to 24% since 1995. In the past decade most countries have increased their exposure to alternative assets with Canada increasing them the most (from 14% to 27%) ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... the associated pressures on health funding are expected to place significant tolls on the federal budget over the next decade according to a Treasury official. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser told the Sydney Institute yesterday that beyond the ...

Financial Standard appoints deputy editor

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... Business, as deputy editor. Fitzsimmons is one of the nation's most recognisable TV personalities, having spent over a decade at the ABC where for eight years, she was the host of Business Today, the ABC's premier daily morning business and financial ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... The association, which represents industries that have invested more than $35 billion in private businesses over the past decade on behalf of investors such as super funds and other financial institutions, said the inclusion of a disclosure exemption ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... said two-thirds of Australian superannuation funds expect to bring more asset management operations in-house over the next decade. Nordic state funds are already well advanced down this route. "The current phase of insourcing for asset owners in Australia ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... company tax will mean Australia's budgets will be less subject to revenue writedowns we have experienced over the past decade. A lower company tax rate will also lower the incentive for multinational companies to engage in profit shifting while a multilateral ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
It's well-known that demographic changes will shape investment opportunities and challenges in the future; what's less understood is where the main sources of population growth will arise. A new report by RBC Capital Markets considers the impact of ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... co-founder Matthew Crooks said the fund, formerly known as AUSCOAL Super, was looking for a system which would last at least a decade and a provider which would help the system evolve with the changing world of super. "We come from a background of offering ...

ETF businesses bullish on growth prospects

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... of assets - but Europe and Asia are also growing. Asian ETF assets have grown at an average rate of 29.9% over the past decade, though they have followed a more volatile path than in Europe or the US." The survey also found 83% of respondents expect ...