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Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... penetrating the SMSF sector, Rice said SMSF trustees were ambivalent about using advisers while no link was found between SMSF returns and their use of professional external advice. Despite the comprehensiveness of the survey, data on SMSF returns is ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... when tax impacts are understood, said Scott Lawrence, managing director of Parametric Australia. "Managing for after-tax returns is essential to maximising members' long-term net financial interests," he said at a round table in June. Lawrence said that ...

Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Two of retirement savings' biggest problems could be made worse by lifecycle Funds, which only help the poor returns caused by volatility, said Rice Warner Actuaries. Retirees dread a stock-market tumble, but most superannuation funds worry about this ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... fundamental equities says he anticipates a strong year for Asia Pacific equities with the chance of high double-digit returns. Central to his view is the fact that China appears to have successfully negotiated a soft-landing, opening the door to a loosening ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... crash of the dotcom bubble in the summer of 2000, the stock market has struggled to provide investors with any predictable returns. Investors dined out on the returns provided by easy credit in the early part of the last decade only for the global financial ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

Property set for attractive multi-year returns: Stan Life

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Now is an opportune time to increase exposure to global real estate assets with high single digit returns on offer for the next three to five years, according to Standard Life Investment's Anne Breen. Unloved for much of the post-GFC period, commercial ...

ANZ launches low-cost super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... telling us they're frustrated at not having control over how their super is invested, the lack of transparency of their returns and what fees they are being charged," Phillips continued. "We're making it easy for customers to see the value of their super ...

Prime industrial rents hit four year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... improving sentiment coincides with a 29% rise in the S&P/ASX300 AREIT sector over the 12 months to 30 September 2012. AREIT returns are now running at more than triple the corresponding return from Financial Standard direct property index. Australia's ...

Beware defensive funds: Towers Watson

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... increase in the number of defensive equity products launched to the market over last five years is an indicator that strong returns seen in that period may not be sustainable into the future. Often these products are marketed with reference to the funds ...