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Super fund fortunes shift on FX exposure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... funds, with the recent weakness of the Australian dollar and lower hedge ratios contributing to their strong investment performance in the last year." NAB's survey, carried out every two years, also found a modest rise in superannuation fund exposure ...

PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... the property rally and beer companies to be core themes for the coming years," he finished. The PM Capital Absolute Performance Fund has returned 9.8% over the last five years to 31 July 2013, compared to 5.3% from its MSCI World benchmark.

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... diversity of a company board and among the senior executive team is often closely correlated with that company's business performance. Conway said the voluntary target among not-for-profit trustee boards that are members of the Australian Institute of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher with international markets boosted by encouraging eurozone data signalling that the 17-nation bloc may be edging out of recession. At 0647 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... been awarded the 'Recommended' rating for the first time. The BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF has exposure to the performance of a diversified basket of commodities. Lonsec upgraded the rating of this fund in part due to its consistent low tracking ...

BGL releases cloud-based SMSF software

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... new tool, the first of its kind to be completely paperless, can be used for generating actuarial certificates and performance reporting, as well as property data. Lesh also plans to announce a number of new services in the coming months. Simple Fund ...

NAB confirms redundancies in wealth division

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... after the announcement of the new strategy in March, NAB did confirm the departure of MLC head Steve Tucker. The poor performance of NAB's struggling UK businesses has seen the bank lag the blockbuster profits reported by its Big Four rivals CommBank ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on iPadA(C) in an interactive. ...

Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... outperformance over the long-term. He went on to comment that "This trust has been running over 10 years with significant out performance over all time periods - and for a growth manager that is important." At the end of June the Fund's biggest overweight ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... overnight. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was lower for the third day in a row - its worst performance since June. He said local stocks were taking their lead from weakness in European and US markets. "Last night, we had ...