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Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... by putting their huge assets under management to work in giant unlisted infrastructure and real estate investments, second tier super funds are less flexible. Too small to invest in the largest real assets and too large to take meaningful positions in ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... than half expectations for a 1.0% gain and recouping only half the previous month's 0.8% fall. Off goes the taper. First-tier US indicators set for release through the course of this week suggest markets would continue to ride the taper on, taper off ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... tapering is nigh. Expect more flipping and flopping on Wall Street this first trading week of June, particularly with first-tier economic data and surveys - ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and non-farm payrolls -- set for release. You ...

netwealth's advice group moves advice ops

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... aware the average age in the advice space is 55 plus," Egan said. The wider netwealth group also has plans to launch a four-tier adviser support structure. "What we're doing is building out the distribution team and freeing them up so they can see a ...

AMP Capital sells out of Houston residential property complex

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... allows us to capitalise on the high demand for core assets at this point in the cycle and redeploy the proceeds into top tier secondary US markets poised for growth," he added. This divestment follows the recent purchases of office buildings in Tampa ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... Japan. It might still be early days and 'one swallow does not a spring make' but the magnitude of the improvement in first-tier eco data in Japan is unmistakeable - indicating that 'Abenomics' is working and the government's 'three-arrows' - huge fiscal ...

Low balance members hit with fees under super changes

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Extra administration costs borne out of the federal government's proposed superannuation changes could be passed onto all superannuation fund members, even those with small balances, according to Deloitte. The government has said that the proposed loss ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... management - have either soft-closed or are about to, forcing super funds and other institutional investors to look to a second tier of active managers for additional capacity. Last week Bedlam Asset Management chief investment officer Ian McCallum told ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... echelons of emerging market active funds are reaching capacity," he said. "The question we've been asking is whether second-tier managers can give their investors consistent alpha over the long-term. As super fund allocations to emerging markets grow ...

Big infrastructure underscores China growth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... individual animal. Banking technology is also in high demand, with Digital China deriving a lot of business from smaller banks in tier two and three cities that need to advance their offerings. "While there are concerns about corporate governance, the ...