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Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... equity exposure towards international markets because structural and market factors pose threats to Australian equity performance. According to Koesterich, a high Australian dollar, an over-indebted consumer and the problems associated with balancing ...

State Street launches investment governance tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... superannuation fund trustees to analyse and manage the liquidity of each investment option, Stress test the fund, Monitor the performance of investments and investment managers and analyse the risk and return attributes of each investment.

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Peter Kocourek unveiled the CFSGAM CPI Plus fund at a media lunch yesterday. Unlike a typical balanced fund whose performance is at the mercy of the ups and downs of the equity market and measured by its relative performance versus its peers, the CPI ...

Van Eyk warns against New Year financial predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... investment themes and asset class returns as big and tangible market themes not necessarily translate into market performance. The researcher also said that themes and predictions need to be assessed in terms of the probability that they will be correct ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... investing: ESG framework and applications - found that an ESG overlay affects country allocation and can improve the ESG performance of a sovereign debt portfolio without significantly impacting on quality and duration. The rules-based reputational screen ...

Oil price spike won't spoil Aussie equity party

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... June 2012 by the strength of global demand and the decreased global economic risk." He warned that the strong recent performance of equity markets opens investors up to the more serious risk of paying too much for shares. "History has demonstrated conclusively ...

Anxiety over 'all-things super' takes toll on MySuper uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... this," he said. "With MySuper being a segment of the market where super products will commodotise around price and performance, it could be making groups assess more critically whether its a space they should be in at all," he added. While super funds ...

ANZ reports 6.2% cash profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... focus ensuring that we can continue to invest in our super regional strategy while also maintaining our financial performance." Australia's third largest bank also saw its household mortgages and deposits market share rise. "We are delivering against ...

Portfolio management tool launched

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... company announced today. It allows portfolio managers to go through a personalised analysis of exposure, risk and performance for every investor. The release includes several tools to help wealth managers monitor large numbers of individually tailored ...

CBA wealth division posts strong rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... represents a 3% rise in over the six-month period and a 10% rise year-on-year. The wealth arm benefited from strong market performance through 2012. Overall cash profit for the banking giant stood at $3.78 billion, up 6% for the half year. Despite subdued ...