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KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... and cash account for 59% of KiwiSaver FUM, of which 40% is in cash and local bonds and 19% is in international bonds. Equities account for 34% compared to about 50% of Australian super fund FUM. International equities make up more than two-thirds of ...

Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... way people and investors think about their portfolios and portfolio construction, particularly the heavy weighting to equities risk even though over the past few years it's not where the returns have come from. "Portfolios have historically had such ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... 4,114. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading indexes of economic activity is due out. In equities news, Woolworths is due to post its Q4 sales report and BHP Billiton Ltd its June quarterly production report. In Australia ...

Hyperion makes family office hire

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... Tilston will now take responsibility for institutional business development within this portfolio. Formerly company's equities portfolio specialist at Perpetual Investment Management, Tilston has been recruited to drive new business sales in addition ...

Aust lags in financial job market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... regulation and off-shoring roles to lower cost destinations within APAC. The sectors with the worst outlooks in Q2 were: equities, where cuts continued on the back of subdued markets, derivatives where continued economic uncertainty meant institutions ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... night, it's lowered growth forecasts headlined as the underlying rational behind the dip on Wall Street and European equities. But even the IMF doesn't know. You know how I know that it doesn't know? It changed its mind in three out of three quarters. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... Statistics releases the international merchandise data for June along with the new motor vehicle sales figures for June. In equities news, Fortescue is due to post its quarterly report and Rio Tinto Ltd its June quarterly production report. In Australia ...

AusSuper to double Asian exposure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Australia's biggest super fund is expected to save approximately 10 basis points over the next five to seven years by managing equities internally, and several other funds are expected to follow suit.

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Where are they now? Those hard landing-ers? Wall Streets and European equities jumped 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively - on the final day of last week's trading as markets welcomed news that China's economy slowed "as expected" to 7.6% in the year to the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Australia luncheon in Sydney and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance figures for May. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday finished higher after China reported economic growth had slowed ...