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UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... exposure." Pearce said that was because performance was underwhelming, fees were high and liquidity was low across the asset class. "I think there are better opportunities to invest," he said. Pearce said UniSuper would look at investments on a case-by-case ...

MLC appoints Schroders global equities manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
MLC Investment Management will continue to focus on the "manager of manager approach" after installing Jonathan Armitage as portfolio manager, global equities, joining from Schroders in London. Armitage, who joins the company on August 1, will report ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... returned just 3.8 per cent for the past 12 months compared to 9 per cent for the year to end February, and given this asset class holds one-third of all superannuation it's bound to slow down the entire superannuation savings pool. International shares ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... returned just 3.8 per cent for the past 12 months compared to 9 per cent for the year to end February, and given this asset class holds one-third of all superannuation it's bound to slow down the entire superannuation savings pool. International shares ...

Ex UBS managers resurface for Bennelong small caps fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... caps had been on the agenda for some time but finding the right partners was vital. "We think opportunities exist here as a class and as a strategy but this is not market driven, we're taking a long term approach." "I think we're partnering with the ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

New SMSF course on offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... they can go out and make progress." The course is open to anyone but does assume a basic understanding of superannuation. Class sizes are expected to be capped at 20 students. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has allocated 63 continuing ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... reputable research houses, which all gave Trio Capital glowing reports. Tarrants has itself encouraged former clients to join a class action against Trio Capital. When a fraud has occurred and investors are out of pocket they usually try to recoup their ...

Super merger on track

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... life cover from AIA Australia, while City Super uses OnePath. The funds will offer a suite of diversified and single asset class investment options and implement changes to default investment options from July 1. LGsuper manages around $4.4 billion in ...

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... paper. Synthetic ETFs are instruments where the ETF does not hold physical assets but gains exposure to the target asset class or index through a range of derivatives such as put and call option or swaps. While synthetic ETFs present investors with counter-party ...