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Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Global Financial Crisis," said Norman Morris, Roy Morgan's industry communications director. Prior to 2008 when super fund returns were consistently double-digit, fund member satisfaction was surprisingly similar between retail and industry funds but ...

Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... regardless of the economic environment and provide a return," he said. Baird said the fund was aiming for double-digit returns. "Given the current economic environment it provides a good return with the stability behind it to help underwrite the return ...

CBD vacancies hit 2-year low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Office vacancy rates falling to their lowest level in two years reinforces the recovery in direct property returns, albeit it doesn't resolve the mixed messages coming from the sector. Total vacancy in Australia's office markets decreased from 9.6 to ...

Investment cloud clears with Govt draft proposal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... funds, for 2010-11 and prior income years, are taxed. The draft would also simplify investments by foreign funds whose returns or gains are treated as being attributable to a permanent establishment in Australia. The action is promoted as removing uncertainty ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The average fund manager has outperformed Australian equity markets in the past year, but fees put their returns behind the index, research house Mercer said yesterday. After a difficult three months of trade, Mercer's sector survey for July found that ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... the reason that it doesn't work all the time is that this is a violation of one of the assumptions - the assumption that returns are normally distributed," he said. Robinson said that risk can be measured by plotting events on a bell curve over time ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... investment product, super's done reasonably well over the last 20 years." But the irony is that lower than anticipated returns, at least compared to previous years, highlight the fundamental importance of superannuation adequacy. "Superannuation is about ...

Future Fund posts higher returns, chairman warns of volatility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australia's Future Fund has posted increased returns on the past year while chairman David Murray has warned that the new global debt crisis could take 20 years to resolve. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund posted a 12.4% return for the ...

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... officer, Foresters Community Finance. Christian Super said it was always on the lookout for investments that mix positive returns with social benefits. "With traditional investment markets so susceptible to market volatility it is important to diversify ...

Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian investors, including super funds, misinterpreting gold as a returns generator rather than as a defensive strategy is costing them major opportunities in the sector. Taurus Funds Management is a specialist in the gold sector and their director ...