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Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Pension funds are loading up on alternative investments in response to declining asset returns according to an annual report from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). Pension funds in the UK and US are reported to be driving the shift with the ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced the submissions deadline for the Tax White Paper will be extended by six weeks to July 24. Hockey said that this was because of the "strong public response" to the whitepaper along with "stakeholder interest in the ...

InvestSense launches asset allocation guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
A new investment guide aimed at giving advisers insight into expected levels of risk and return within different assets classes has been launched by portfolio construction and consulting firm, InvestSense. InvestSense, which was spun out from ailing ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
One of Western Asset Management's unconstrained strategies has won its first mandate from a large institutional investor in Australia. Western client service and marketing executive Michael Dale did not give more details about who the investor was or ...

MTAA launches transition to retirement investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
MTAA Super has launched an investment option targeted at investors who are close to or transitioning to retirement, but want to retain some exposure to growth assets. The Income Focussed Option includes a 40% allocation to equities, 22.5% invested in ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The latest fixed income market outlook from BlackRock's Rick Rieder poses the interesting question of whether there are some assets in a portfolio which are there for the long term and others which have a place for a short time, depending on opportunities ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Portfolio diversification and a greater allocation to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
While the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger preferred to take the long way. His journey from the quiet suburb of Adelaide Hills to Melbourne CBD stretched through over ...

Leveraged Equities shortens name

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Margin lending firm Leveraged Equities has renamed its business Leveraged, to reflect a broadening of its product range beyond equities. Leveraged executive Alexandra Tullio said the re-brand was about more than formalising what people have been calling ...