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Super returns climb to 16.8 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... domestic and international bonds returned only 3% and 4% respectively. Direct property meanwhile earned 9% although A-REIT returns plummetted albeit from extreme highs to 17%. Cash returned just 3%. Three year fund returns are 8.0% pa and 10 year returns ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... limbo, so that the industry can complete the implementation of the reforms and get back to the business of delivering returns for members." He criticised the Coalition's stated intention to scrap the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... from lending Hale said renewable energy projects are struggling for funding, which means there are good risk-adjusted returns on offer for investors. "One of the great advantages of an asset which is dependent on sunlight or wind for its profitability ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... (net of fees) return for the second quarter of 2013 - a quarter where many fixed income and credit funds posted negative returns. The Bentham's Wholesale Syndicated Loan Fund delivered a net return of 12.22% for the year to 30 June -- 1.4% in excess ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Cbus Super will divest its holdings in tobacco companies in the interest of members and their long-term investment returns. The super fund has written to fund managers to instruct them to divest tobacco holdings immediately. Where Cbus invests through ...

Jenepe AM launches IPO fund with London partner

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... IPO fund we will be able to invest at an early stage of a companies intended listing which should generate significant returns when the companies complete a stock exchange listing," Pereza-Mathews said. "This is achieved by investing in a diversified ...

Future Fund confirms preference for offshore investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... grew by $11.9 billion over the 2012-13 financial year, reaching funds under management of $88.9 billion and delivering returns of 15.3%. This high-growth year has brought the five year return to 7.1% per annum, and the three-year return to 10% per annum. ...

CFS adds Tyndall Australian share fund to FirstWrap

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... Concentrated Fund has been added to Colonial First State's FirstWrap platform, as advisers see clients focus on total returns and become increasingly more risk aware. The fund was launched to the retail market in May this year, but it has been available ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... season round-up lunch in Sydney, he said that recent weakness in the resources sector should provide a low base for decent returns in the 2014 financial year. "Miners are well placed for a top-line recovery simply if commodity prices stay roughly where ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Wilshire index in 2012-13 was 12%, 11% pa over three years, 4% pa over five years and 7% pa over the past decade. The returns recovery saw about 262,000 US federal employees retire last year, almost three times the number that retired in in 2009 when ...