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Alaska SWF beats target return by 2pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
The Alaska Permanent Fund returned nearly 12 per cent for the financial year to June, 2 per cent higher than its target return due to its non-government bond and US stock investments. The sovereign wealth fund (SWF) returned 11.8 per cent for the financial ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... received a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours, majoring in Statistics, from the University of New South Wales. "Lochiel has made an enormous contribution to ARIA ...

Aon ramps up insurance and pensions

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... the effect of portfolio diversification. The calculator generates printable charts showing percentage allocation by asset class and dollar allocation to underlying managers/funds.

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... artworks or other collectables and those that do normally have some expertise in relation to that particular investment class," she said in a media statement. Last month, SPAA and the Australian Artists Association submitted to the Federal Government ...

ESI Super overhauls $800m Aus equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
ESI Super has terminated a major Australian equities mandate with QIC and appointed five new managers to the asset class following a restructure of its $800 million Australian equities portfolio. Balanced Equity Management which received $200 million ...

Women in Super help raise $2.1m for breast cancer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Australians across the country helped raise $2.1 million for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer in this year's Women in Super Mother's Day Classic. A record number of 100,000 people took part in the 2010 national fun run/walk and ...

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Social media expert Kim Anderson, formerly from ninemsn and now founder of www.readingroom.com.au, said the benefits of social media are real and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be. ...

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... need to have liquidity to get their capital tomorrow. That's why they are attracted to this portfolio and to this asset class," said Stacker. He added that the Altona North asset is the first of up to $200 million of prime industrial property the fund ...

Planners cycle for charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
Two of the founding trustees of financial planning foundation, Future2, will cycle 1,250km from Bourke to Sydney to raise money for disadvantaged young Australians. The inaugural BT Future2 Wheel Classic is an initiative of Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Super funds investments into Australian infrastructure should be a win-win arrangement for both parties - but the current structures and projects remain too risky for institutional mandates, according to Asset Super. John Paul, chief executive of the ...