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Equipsuper approved to offer MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... for the product is Equipsuper MySuper, noting that only nine of the 14 MySuper products authorised so far have the product class name integrated into their product name. A statement issued by the fund said the approval process took only two months after ...

Template of a bail-in?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
You gotta give it to the Europeans, they sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot. Financial markets celebrated after reports that a deal had been struck between the government of Cyprus and its benefactors. Nobody gave two hoots whether it's a ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
Institutional investors are starting to look at the emerging market asset class more of a 'strategic' rather than an 'opportunistic' play, according to a visiting global portfolio manager. Thomas Melendez, Institutional Equity Portfolio Manager - MFS ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of 18%. Even if fund managers concede that ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Now wasn't that just classic entertainment? I doubt that even the best of the best comedic minds could come up with a farce such as the one the Australian Labor Party delivered for our viewing, hearing and reading pleasure yesterday. For after all the ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... as infrastructure investments and the remaining third in fixed income in cash. While equities are the most volatile asset class and usually scaled back in the lead up to retirement, Birtles says analysis should actually focus on volatility of the income ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
"The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red and, oh, the night's so blue And then I go and spoil it all by announcing saying something stupid like "we'll tax you I love you"." My apologies for messing up your immortal classic Frank ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hostplus has awarded a $100 million mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund, Financial Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... part of the Australian market as funds grow over the long-term. There will be hundreds of millions going into this asset class over the next five or 10 years," said Feriani. With so many managers competing for so few mandates the big question is how ...

Healthcare property outperforms residential

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Healthcare property returns have beaten all the other property sectors by 1.6% last year, data shows. Strong income returns have allowed the healthcare property sector to outperform all other properties on a one, three and five year basis, according ...