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REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... having a 'plus' in front of it, stands in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian share market, the asset class than normally drives super fund returns. Offsetting this poor share market outcome is Australian bonds which achieved a stella ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... surrogate, but said it misses the core point that what is driving these economies is development of their mass market and middle class. "Investing in global brands is more about being exposed to hi-end consumers," she explained. But the concern for fiduciaries ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite concerned that Australian investors are not aware of credit as an investment class," said Richard Quin, Bentham managing director. "For retail investors and the increasing pool of SMSFs, credit is an intermediate ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... assets, 76% of which was in fixed interest securities. The irony is insurers will be doing this at the same time the asset class is becoming more favoured by the global pension fund sector.

APRA updates MySuper FAQ guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... regulator APRA has updated its MySuper Frequently Asked Questions guide to help super funds clarify how the new product class will operate. The guide covers general operating practices, transition arrangements and investment strategy. Some of the more ...

Perpetual sells mortgage business

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Perpetual has reached an agreement to sell its mortgage processing business to FAF International Property Services Australia, an affiliate of First Mortgage Services. Plans to sell Perpetual Lenders Mortgage Services (PLMS) were announced as part of ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... equity risk, a shift that if it takes hold will result in equities losing their status as the premier pension fund asset class. "The on-going economic uncertainty is likely to encourage investors away from simply holding equities as their dominant growth ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... Investments said that while many advisers have until now not had access to the better investment options in the alternatives asset class, it is inevitable retail access will increase. "Fund managers have traditionally focused on the big end of town ...

ISN releases super returns persistency report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... challenging the legal principle that past returns should not be viewed as an indicator of future returns. "For all 172 multi-asset class funds with complete data in the APRA league table, the estimated persistence is statistically significant with a ...

CFSGAM boosts responsible investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has augmented its responsible investment team with two appointments. Pablo Berrutti, ex-head of responsible investment at Perpetual will take the newly created role of head of responsible investment ...