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Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Mixed signals coming from the US Fed's monetary policy committee should temper investors from overreacting to expectations of rising US rates and an increasing USD, noted Amundi Asset Management in its latest global investor update. Causing the ambiguity ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... products, according to research recently released by Rainmaker. "The New Zealand KiwiSaver fee research suggests that Australian super fund fees - despite some frenzied and confused criticism - at least in the flagship MySuper default segment, are approaching ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The liquidity requirements of Australian superannuation funds will discourage them from investing in Australian infrastructure, meaning more assets will be bought by foreign investors, IFM Investors has warned. In its submission to the Financial System ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... millions of Australian workers. "I look forward to working with Ian Silk, Heather Ridout and the rest of the Australian Super team to continue delivering high returns to members and promoting the benefits of not-for-profit industrial superannuation funds ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Based on the way global insurers are increasingly looking to the direct market to boost sales in developed economies, the way insurance is distributed in Australia looks set for a shake-up. In the past week it was widely reported across the Americas ...

Australian Super backtracked on airport valuation: Future Fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014

AustralianSuper appoints European property manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... local expertise will be instrumental to the construction and evolution of our European property portfolio." "As Australian Super's chosen Investment Manager in continental Europe, we have already started working closely with their real estate team to ...

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Furore has erupted among the commonwealth bureaucracy following publication of the performance bonuses received by staff employed at the Future Fund Management Agency. While details of the bonuses were disclosed in the FFMA 2012-13 annual report they ...