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NGS Super embraces after-tax benchmarking with FTSE ASFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... custodians will use the index. Tim Hughes, investment counsel for NGS Super said tax could have a significant impact of returns for super funds and presented a complex issue for funds. "Our goal is to maximise after tax performance, not to minimise tax. ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... and skilled advisors," said Slattery. The ATO estimated that the return on assets for the SMSF sector revealed negative returns for 2007-8 and 2008-9 in line with the total super industry, but with smaller negative returns in the SMSF sector. "Going ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian Unity Investments has begun winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust following poorer than expected returns to investors in the current investment climate. Investors have already been reimbursed by 48 % of the fund's capital, with the remaining ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... environment we think investor s need to be cautious and avoid falling into the trap of expecting reversion to meet asset class returns or in terms of economic growth. That is the old normal." Fisher said in 2012 Australian financial advisers should embrace ...

legalsuper launches low fee investment option

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... active and passive investment styles to its members. "The low fee index option will suit investors looking for market returns over the medium to long-term through diversified investment portfolios. It includes a 73 per cent allocation to growth assets ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... currency values and investors should be prepared for this." The new offering provides investors with exposure to the dollar returns of the underlying Ashton Funds combined with the return generated from the movement in the gold price. The Ashton Group ...

Bendigo and Adelaide team up with Australia's first RI platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... increasingly seeking to make investment decisions that take account of wider societal implications, rather than just investment returns," said Diego Del Rosso, Senior Manager - Strategic Partners and Alliances at Bendigo Wealth." In addition to offering ...

Artio brings high yield to Aust instos

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Maldari, said that high yield bonds have been misunderstood in the past and actually have the potentially to deliver stronger returns than equities with a lower level of volatility. "If you looked for example, at the S&P 500 over very long periods of ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... June 2011, was $8.5 billion. "VicSuper has undertaken a major strategic investment review designed to improve investment returns for members," said Oscar Fabian,chief investment officer, VicSuper. "One outcome of the review is moving to a 'core and satellite' ...