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Govt starts super reforms campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... employees' cash wages to reflect the increased superannuation component. In a slowing employment market albeit off historically low unemployment, this is expected to fuel political argument in the upcoming federal election campaign about whether superannuation ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... view that significant legislation is required to ensure the trust of the public. However, the report warns that, historically, post-crisis regulation tends to go too far, as well as being backward-looking. "Unintended consequences can appear later. For ...

Time to rebalance as cash returns fall: Bridgewater

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) about portfolio construction and return, Gardner reminded the audience that historically cash has accounted for 50% of the real return of the traditional Australian portfolio. Even though real cash returns are still ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Andrew Milligan. He added that investors should be cautious about their decision to buy into the Japanese economy. "Historically it has been right to doubt just how sustained any Japanese policy initiatives will prove to be. If change is lacking, then ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... bonds - is more than double that. US government 10-year bond yields are currently trading at a P/E of 48.5 times -- historically, the P/E on long bonds trade only in their teens. To be sure, sometime, somewhere, somehow a correction will happen. But ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Investment Institute says fixed income portfolios have become progressively more risky with the hunt for yield in an historically low yield environment compressing spreads on many credit instruments to record lows. "Ultra low yields mean safety cushions ...

Fewer asset consultants dominate super fund space

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... according to research from Rainmaker Information. Asset consultants such as Jana, Frontier and Towers Watson, have historically been one of the central gatekeepers in influencing super funds' choice of manager and investment strategy. However, Rainmaker ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... that the fund will try and generate returns similar to equities, which are split between income and capital growth. Historically water assets have not been priced to reflect their economic value, but it is now approaching an "inflexion point" for re-rating ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... DB, matching liabilities is a greater priority, leading to lower equity and higher bond allocations, despite the historically low bond yields currently on offer," said senior investment consultant at Towers Watson Martin Goss.

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... traded funds (ETFs). For example, Lomas believes insurers in the developed world, seeking to diversify away from the historically low levels of domestic sovereign fixed income, will look to deploy assets in flexible credit oriented ETFs.