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Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Following in the footsteps of microfinance, microinsurance schemes have grown substantially in the past five years to now reach an estimated 500 million policy holders. Microinsurance aims to protect poor people in emerging nations against traditional ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Growing use of exotic Exchange Traded Notes is raising fears in the US, following a price crash in a popular ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
The $5 trillion sovereign wealth fund sector is poorly served by the investment management industry which doesn't understand their risk management requirements, claims a just released joint study by the EDHEC Risk Institute and Deutsche Bank. The misunderstanding ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The superannuation industry might have unsurprisingly welcomed the passing of the SG increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Australian commonwealth government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities ...

HIP Super members get access to Best Doctors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Boutique industry fund HIP Super has pulled off a major coup and formed a partnership with the MLC Best Doctors service, claiming the deal was only possible because of its small size. MLC's Best Doctors is an exclusive service run out of the Harvard ...

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Infrastructure investors are increasingly attracted to direct structures, signalling a move away from listed vehicles. A survey released by the alternatives investment research group Preqin found that 89% of top 100 infrastructure investors that represent ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Australia and Japan currently make up half the Asia region mutual fund market, but China's rapid rise could change the dynamic and create new opportunities for investment managers able to tailor their distribution models. Mutual fund assets across the ...

Cayman Islands hedge fund reforms on-track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
Cayman Islands is extending the deadline for hedge fund operators to register their master funds, showing how delicate the balance is between improving financial regulation in the country, while not driving away hedge fund operators. The reforms follow ...