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Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... trustee boards made up of employer and employee representatives. This model, common across the OECD, has delivered superior returns on average to members over the past decade. The representative trustee model has been at the heart of a structure that ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... opening up projects to a wider range of investors, including super fund members who receive attractive low volatility returns from the high performing infrastructure asset class." The report was tabled in Parliament yesterday.

NAS loses another super fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... processes - including investment performance reporting - minimising risks through world-class analytics, enhancing performance returns for their members and providing online solutions, all through a single platform." NAB announced it was looking to partially ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... history of attractive dividend yields and positive growth in free cash flow. The aim is to generate superior risk-adjusted returns with a dividend yield that exceeds the dividend yield of the MSCI World (ex Australia) Index. Damien McIntyre, director ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... has launched a new sustainable bond fund designed to align with investors' social values without compromising investment returns over the long-term. The Altius Sustainable Bond fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Australian fixed interest assets. ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... positive 0.3 percentage point positive contribution to third quarter growth and this, despite rising unemployment, flat returns from the stock market and that general anxious feeling. The other positive is the positive 0.8 percentage point from net exports ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... points. For a $15 billion super fund the potential savings are in the order of $60 million per year assuming the investment returns do not suffer. However, becoming an asset manager presents different challenges and funds need to advance cautiously ...

Centuria launches tax efficient investment bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... cost. The company's managing director Santi Burridge said: "Our focus on asset allocation as the driver of investment returns means that we do not expose investors to the risk of individual security selection. It allows us to more clearly focus on matching ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... deliver reasonable return expectations for the major asset classes, with forecasts presented as projected 10 year annualised returns. "On present modelling, over the next 10 years global equities for Australian investors show the greatest likelihood ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Super funds saw a further dip in returns in the September quarter, on average falling by between 60 and 80 basis points compared to the June quarter, according to the second batch of MySuper statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation ...