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Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
MLC and BT have called on the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to delay its four yearly review of the default fund terms of modern awards until after the government has completed its own review into the issue. The call is part of a larger campaign led by ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... in the more mature US market, the growth drivers will be the same across all markets - foreign currency share classes, fund of fund ETFs, new emerging market funds and commodity ETFs. Growth rates in Asia-Pacific are among the highest in the world at ...

NGS Super launches direct investment platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... members more choice, while reducing costs. "We know that some members want more control over their investments, but for a fund of our size, the cost of developing a direct investment platform looked prohibitive at first. Working with Mercer, however ...

PE firms struggling with data management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... the US, Europe and Asia. These represented a range of strategies, including buy outs (24%), venture capital (20%) and fund of funds (17%). Nearly a third of the firms involved had assets under management (AUM) over $5 billion. When surveyed as to what ...

Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... Australian institutional clients. The buy-side platform offers investors access to the wide variety of strategies within the fund of hedge funds' stable; including global macro, event driven, fixed income and long/short equity. Today the platform has ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
HESTA was named 2013 Super Fund of the Year at the SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning, Super IQ was named SMSF Provider of the Year and UniSuper was named the Consumer Choice winner. Attracting a crowd of almost 200 people representing ...

REST appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... of the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee. "We are very excited to welcome John to the REST Board. As a fund of almost 2 million members and over $27 billion of FUM, having someone with John's experience and unique insight to address the ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... including Australia's Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Other members include the Oil Revenues Stabilization Fund of Mexico, the China Investment Corporation, and Norway's US$ 325 billion Government Pension Fund - aka 'the oil fund'.

Aussie property fund to be listed in Johannesburg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
Investec Property Australia will list its Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The fund is expected to list on 24 October 2013 and will be listed under the Real Estate Holdings and Development sector. The ...

Voting opens on SelectingSuper's Consumer Choice award

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... Awards for 2013 will still feature the full range of 17 regular research-based awards across six categories that include Fund of the Year and awards in the Employer, Personal and retirement categories. These are in addition to the Self- Managed Superannuation ...