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Don't forget to remind DB members: ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... (ASIC) said that it wants to encourage funds to make "timely and appropriate disclosures to members in the wake of poor returns caused by the global financial crisis." The advice follows a review of defined benefit funds' disclosure practices after the ...

Search for yield to become more acute: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... forgotten value of investing in high-quality income generating stocks reasserts itself. "Importance of dividends to total returns is often underestimated. Academic studies show that buying income-generating shares, and reinvesting dividends, is an effective ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
VicSuper has said its investments returns are more transparent, after the industry superannuation fund moved to daily unit pricing from 1 January this year. Daily unit pricing is widely accepted as a more transparent method of calculating and applying ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... is the best way to more consistently achieve investors' goals." Most asset classes managed at least strong single digit returns last year with some delivering even higher. Australian equities and global shares (hedged) posted nearly 20% and global shares ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Regardless of the contribution suspension, all the TSP's target date options are currently posting double digit annual returns with three year returns around 8% and five year returns of 2%.

Hunter Hall repositions fund

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... the Hunter Hall Value Trust fund finished 2012 in second to last place on a Mercer investment survey which ranked the returns of Australian equities managers. Hunter Hall boss David Deverall said that after he started at the company in August last year ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... its members. One theme that came out of Qsuper's research was that its members were not overly interested in short-term returns, and instead were focused on how much money they would need in retirement, and what "safety net" of funds they could hope ...

SMSF popularity belies fickle performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
Investors who turned to DIY super funds on the promise of superior returns may be getting less than they bargained for, new Rainmaker research shows. The unprecedented growth of the SMSF sector has eclipsed regular funds in recent years. The latest ...

ASX favourites likely to dish more cash in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... Australian equities Bob Van Munster warns that while the dividend story is attractive, there is more to achieving good returns than chasing the highest yielders. "The dividend yield is a function of the stock's dividend and its price, and a high dividend ...

UK research house partners Morse Consulting

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... sophisticated market which values the input of conflict free advice." Luke MacRedmond from Morse commented: "The disappointing returns Australian investors have experienced over the past five years have highlighted the importance of receiving high quality ...