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Insto property investors forced overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
As account balances grow and compulsory super contributions are increased, Australia's superannuation funds will meet a shortage of viable domestic property assets to invest in, forcing them overseas, according to LaSalle Investment Management's Paul ...

Adviser permanently banned after eight year fraud

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC yesterday obtained court orders permanently banning a financial adviser after the NSW Supreme Court found she defrauded clients of more than $3.6 million over eight years. According to a statement from ASIC, the Court ruled that Melinda Scott would ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Super fund 12 month rolling returns have dipped back below double digits, but at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Objectives-based investing is nothing new and fund fiduciaries being pushed to adopt it should instead see it as recognition that traditional investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Before fund fiduciaries push members to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Major research into the self managed super funds sector affirms that while flexibility and tax management is their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Protests by the Victorian branch of the CMFEU against an alleged indirect business relationship CBUS has with the Grocon building group has highlighted how - as super becomes more wired to the broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Super fund assets climbed 13.1% in the 12 months to the end of September on the back of the post-June share market rally that alone boosted super assets by 5.2%. The figures are contained in APRA's latest quarterly superannuation performance statistics ...

Prime industrial rents hit four year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Prime industrial rents have returned to pre GFC levels and national capital values have reached a four year high, according to the latest Australian Industrial MarketView report from CBRE. The report highlights a continued slow recovery in the industrial ...