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AusSuper to double Asian exposure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... to three objectives. "The first one is that you get greater expertise and capacity, the second one is to lower fees, and third is to implement strategies you can't do externally." Australia's biggest super fund is expected to save approximately 10 basis ...

David Asplin to join QIC global real estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... a significant portfolio of dominant regional shopping centres and commercial buildings valued at $8b. QIC is Australia's third largest institutional investor with $65 billion in funds under management as at 30 June 2012.

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... platform and fund management piece," said Lovett. "There will be a change in how advisers are charging - at the moment a third are using asset based fees and about a third an hourly rate. Over time there's an expectation more will move to an hourly rate ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes growing its ...

HFT strategy profiling lab launched

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... providing a clear behavioural description of the algorithm. "The beauty of this kind of reporting is that it can be provided to third parties such as regulators, in layman's terms using agreed metrics," Hodgkinson said. "This recognises the fact that ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... peers. Equities drag is even higher for retail funds where their alternatives allocation averages only 6%, less than one-third the global average, according to research from Rainmaker. Goss said that driving the push to higher use of alternatives is ...

Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... advice." The updates come as research from the April 2012 Investment Trends Self Managed Super Investor Report confirms that a third of SMSFs intend to invest in term deposits in the next 12 months (up from 27% in 2011), said Macquarie.

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... waiting as early as the first quarter. Real GDP expanded by 4.3% as at the end of March quarter - the fastest rate since the third quarter of 2007. Yes, that was even before Bear Stearns got the wobblies and set off the GFC (though many will say it was ...

AMP SMSF recruits Super Concept's Jameson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... managing directors of both Cavendish (the country's largest SMSF administrator) and Super Concepts (Australia's second largest third party administrator), both of whom will report to Paul Sainsbury, managing director of AMP SMSF. "We are excited that ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... list we may end up in bizarre predicament where we've gone full circle and have to nominate default default super funds. Third, FWA become actively involved in each employer's fund selection decision. Fourth, a panel of independent experts assists employers ...