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Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Superannuation assets have climbed for the second consecutive quarter to reach $1.2 trillion, fuelled by the record returns recovery and stable contribution flows. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), superannuation assets ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
A brand survey of the major banks in Australia could shed some light on how consumers may view their wealth management products. Each bank or financial institution distributes wealth management products including superannuation and managed funds to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Friday after US stocks gained on better than expected US export figures. At 0711 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 26 points higher at 4,640. In company news ...

Tower pursues more insurance mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Tower will aggressively tender for more mandates next year as the firm forecasts further super fund consolidation and insurance reviews to come, said Geoff Black, chief executive of group life and investments. Tower's $600 million deal with AustralianSuper ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Just when we thought Dubai's Desert Storm was just a one-off, we're now confronted with the shock and awe at more warnings over sovereign credit ratings. Remember the one? Towards the close of November Dubai World dropped a bombshell by announcing that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Australian shares may open little changed after mixed leads from US markets. Commodity stocks may decline after the price of raw materials slipped overnight as the US dollar rose. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... more than $14 billion invested in debt securities, representing just over 24 per cent of its total portfolio as at September - up from 10 per cent a year ago.

BTIM wins $450m into 130/30 fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... - strategy has also appealed to investors. The total post-fee returns for the one year period was 23.56 per cent to September - a huge leap from the benchmark return's 8.34 per cent. "We've closed the fund [to institutional investors] in the space of ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen, you're not on Kansas anymore..." (James Cameron's movie, Avatar) But based on financial market's reaction to last Friday's US payrolls report, "we must be over the rainbow!" (Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the ...