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Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." Sure Virginia, there had been quite a number of data releases before, and while we slept, but they're not the sort that could be considered game changers. We still have to sit and wait for the more ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since ...

REST thanks overseas equities for high returns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Industry superannuation giant REST Super has recorded returns of more than 18% on its most popular investment option for the past financial year. REST's Core Strategy option saw returns of 18.42%, almost three percentage points above those of fellow ...

Financial planners opt for software homogeneity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The financial planning software market is looking more and more like a one-horse race, according to research by Investment Trends. In its May 2013 Planner Technology Report, Investment Trends found that IRESS's platform XPLAN has increased its market ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
The recovery in super fund returns that continued apace in the year to May 2013 points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
It's RBA meeting day and the overwhelming consensus is for the Australian central bank to do nothing. Seems like pretty good odds to me. No doubt the Board would be talkin' bout talks of Fed tapering and yes, the talked about again China slowing as ...

Advisers face shrinking market as super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Financial advisers face a shrinking market and increased competition as the government's StrongerSuper reforms force smaller superannuation funds to merge, according to Jenny Wilcocks, a partner at law firm Holding Redlich. "The government's agenda ...

EQT formalises improved offer for The Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has formalised its improved offer to acquire The Trust Company, despite the recommendation from The Trust Company board that shareholders accept the Perpetual proposal. In a letter to The Trust Company shareholders, EQT asked them ...