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Super loyalty defies low return expectations

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... super fund members from all sectors in July, only two-in-five Australians expect their super fund to deliver positive returns from the last financial year. One-in-five (21%) members surveyed expect a negative return, while one quarter (26%) expect no ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... successful the future fund has warned that it will have to revisit its risk and return calculations, which could see diminished returns. The Future Fund has investments in 15 tobacco manufacturers that totaled $225 million as at May 2012, as well as ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... know everything about you, so why can't I know everything about them?" Too much of the conversation was still focused on returns, of which the group participants were skeptical, leading to what was termed a "trust gap," the study found.

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... attractive to invest in," he stated. Minto added that while he doesn't want to see long term unsustainable pricing eroding returns or insurers engaging in unsustainable practices, there is a fine line around wanting to be very competitive and sustainable ...

Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... remuneration policy would continue to seek to align the interests of staff and shareholders, to drive long-term shareholder returns. Dunn still holds around 2 million performance rights that are due to vest between 2013 and 2015, if appropriate performance ...

Tyndall seeks opportunity in loan market restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... alternative assets said the re-development of loan markets is a global theme that will offer attractive risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors. "We've had a massive dislocation post Lehman in terms of banks and the structure of banks generally," ...

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... combination of long-volatility strategies, volatility-arbitrage strategies and absolute return strategies can produce superior returns to other approaches, including a long-only equities strategy, over the long term. It warns that simply being "long ...

Cash for investment not just liquidity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... risk averse customer. Interestingly we are now seeing younger people turning to term deposits due to the certainty of returns," Hewson said. "With continuing speculation the RBA will cut interest rates again before the year's end, locking money away... ...

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... phase you're relying on it and the moment you're relying on it you're not compounding so you instantly experience two returns streams," McFarlane said, naming capital growth and income. "In the long process of liquidation, you're going to have to work ...

MySuper outside government scope

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Girgis said that the government was undertaking commercial assessment, such as analysing the likelihood that one fund's returns would be better than another. "The government is moving away from a safeguarding role to a commercial assessment role, in ...