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Future Fund tops up alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has grown its property, alternatives and infrastructure portfolios in the quarter to March - when it returned 2.8 per cent (ex-Telstra). According to a 31 March portfolio update, the fund increased its property exposure from ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... "Almost 62 per cent of respondents...favoured a sliding scale of compulsory contribution rates based on the employee's age. The top rate would be 15 per cent for those who are 50 years and over, with a 9 per cent contribution rate for employees under ...

Fidelity and Perennial top Aus eq review

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... from Standard & Poor's' Australian equities large-cap growth peer group review. The fund managers beat 12 other managers to top the review. Fidelity's rating was affirmed while Perennial Growth's rating rose from four to five stars. "S&P has a high regard ...

Managed accounts forum tackles key issues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... regulation favours managed accounts to practical ideas on how to use IMAs and SMAs, planners will hear from the industry's top guns at this year's Managed Accounts for Financial Planners forum. The event will feature industry experts from planning groups ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
So what was the hulaballoo of the past two days all about? It's now looking like too much ado about Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... one-year low levels against the US dollar on Thursday on news that a Greek debt bailout was close and positive results from top companies. Major European bourses returned to positive territory after a top European Union official said talks on a multi-billion-euro ...

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... Bank of America board can restore investor confidence by demonstrating competence, independence and its ability to stay on top of challenges," Simpson said. "To do this, the company needs to set out clearly how it is addressing succession planning. With ...

Lonsec appoints head of equities research

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... Mercer, HSBC, Potter Warburg and the Federal Government. He has experience across funds management, investment consulting, top-down macro strategy and corporate finance. Meanwhile, Kwok previously worked at Rainmaker and Fidelity prior to working at ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... research, adding that local companies must align bribery and corruption penalties with remuneration. "More than 80 per cent of all top 200 Australian companies disclose a policy on dealing with ethics but only four per cent tie their ethical policy to ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
What's wrong with Wall Street this time? There must be something in the water when solid corporate earnings result still gets it down. According to Bloomberg, more than 80 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 that have already reported their first quarter ...