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Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
In a possible warning of political arguments Australia may confront in coming decades when the national budget faces mounting aged care and pension costs, a leading UK government minister has proposed cutting welfare and diverting the savings to the ...

Strong returns put UniSuper back in the black

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Strong investment returns from rebounding capital markets have strengthened UniSuper's balance sheet sufficiently to enable the fund trustee board to announce they no longer need to consider reducing members' benefits to maintain the fund's solvency. ...

Nikko consolidates Asian growth with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Tyndall Asset Management parent Nikko Asset Management has made key appointments as part of its Asian growth strategy. In Singapore, Winson Fong will be head of China strategies at Nikko AM Asia, Shivaz Rai joined as investment director for Asian fixed ...

Super fund returns as good as it gets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Super funds on track to deliver average returns for 2012-13 of 15%, the third best in the past 26 years, demonstrate how fund members who kept their nerve after the GFC are now reaping the benefits. The result is based on preliminary analysis of Rainmaker's ...

Market Vectors ETFs appoint two directors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Market Vectors ETFs, the exchange traded fund business of Van Eck Global, has appointed two directors for its new Australian business. Matthew McKinnon has joined as director for intermediary and institutional, responsible for institutional and intermediary ...

Facebook usage in Australia going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
While there are concerns Facebook use in Australia may be slipping, the number of Australians using the social media platform actually jumped 2.75% in May to reach 12.2 million. LinkedIn was ranked a distant second with 3.7 million users and Twitter ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The coalition has signalled that if it wins the 2013 federal election it will institute major reforms regarding how super funds appoint trustees while expecting funds to speed up how they pass on scale fee benefits. Paul Fletcher the federal member ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Local Government Super NSW (LGS) has become the first fund in Australia to sign on as a supporter of the 'Investor Statement on Bangladesh,' while also being latest fund to be authorised to offer a MySuper product. LGS has joined over 190 global shareholders ...

BetaShares partners FTSE in new ETF launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... methodology with a compelling track record when compared with traditional, cap weighted benchmarks," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. The FTSE RAFI Australia 200 Index is part of the FTSE RAFI Index Series developed with Research Affiliates ...