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$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has begun to build its investment pipeline after the government's issue and release of its $10 billion investment mandate this week. The funds will become available after 1 July 2013, and the CEFC is progressing ...

Abbott super cut to affect low income Australians: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Around one in three working Australians will be denied up to $500 each year under opposition leader Tony Abbott's plan to cut the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC), minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. According ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Thanks to all you panic-sellers out there, for without you guys there won't be any dips to buy. And so it goes, Virginia. A momentary bout of selling once more met with dip-buyers. The S&P 500's recoup some of its 2.3% loss the previous day, up 1.4% ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The second largest investor in the Vietnamese stock exchange after the Vietnamese government, Dragon Capital, is to meet with 25 family offices in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is the fund manager's third trip to Australia in five years and represents ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... deserted himself under the guise of "I believe in honouring my word" to never again challenge the Labor leadership. Haha. Talkin' bout desertions, well find out on Monday whether the Cypriots will. This is the deadline the ECB gave Cyprus to come up ...

Media Super to add corporate funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Industry superannuation fund Media Super has put together a team to develop its new consolidation strategy focused on attracting corporate funds with members who work in media. Media Super acting CEO Michael Rooney said the team has identified eight ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) are boosting the health of the local bourse, with $165 billion of their assets invested in Exchange products, making up 38 per cent of total exchange assets. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) is on top of the SMSF product ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
From being the facilitator and ideas generator, today's breed of asset consultants are fast morphing into self-contained institutional investment platforms. Following a recent restructure, Russell Investments new chief executive for the Asia Pacific ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
A new consumer centre designed to champion the rights of super fund members will be unveiled in July and if the founding committee gets it right, the centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for ...