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First State Super butts out tobacco

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... each of the fund's 12 investment options, which showed that excluding tobacco-related investments would not compromise returns. "Our analysis shows there will be inconsequential financial impact from this decision for members' investment returns. It ...

Buy-right and equity managers will deliver income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... financial advisers and their clients are exasperated that in retirement, not only have poor markets given them no investment returns for several years, they also have minimal levels of income. "Most fund managers structure their portfolios around the ...

ASIC bans Sydney adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... where the funds were to be placed, did not have any documentation in relation to the arrangement, and did not know how returns would be generated," the regulator said. The corporate watchdog found that Oberg had acted dishonestly when taking funds from ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian share market, the asset class than normally drives super fund returns. Offsetting this poor share market outcome is Australian bonds which achieved a stella 12% index return, noted Rainmaker. REST ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Australian shares. Reflecting the high weighting to fixed interest assets, KiwiSaver default options reported average returns in the 12 months to March 2012, according to Morningstar NZ, of 5.1%. This is almost 4-times the 1.3% average for equity loaded ...

Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... 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 large weight to equities but equities are also the largest risk factor ...

Hastings wins UK infra mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... help match their pension liabilities." "Hastings will focus on sourcing infrastructure assets with superior risk adjusted returns across the capital structure of these assets. Depending upon the opportunity, these investments may include both equity ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Getting exposure to global growth economies through proxy companies listed on developed world exchanges is old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India ...

Russell lauches new AEq value strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Russell Investments is set to offer investors a new value strategy designed to provide more sustainable equity returns for Australian share portfolios. The new Russell Australia Value Premium Strategy is based on a proprietary methodology which aims ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... process which is more transparent than hedge funds. Lucas said the product is designed for advisers who want positive returns even when the markets only post modest returns. "We hope the product will be welcomed well and the advisers we have talked to ...