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Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... view they (those with inadequate reserves) are exposed as they might find themselves in the position of needing to reduce returns to members in order to meet the cost arising from dealing with an operational risk event," he said. There was no right answer ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... in Port of Brisbane last year, and has strong positions in airports and renewable energy, has regularly delivered net returns above its 10% target.

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... a risk adjusted basis, move higher up the capital structure than equity holders but never the less receive equity like returns," said Miller. "Examples might be private loans, purchasing infrastructure debt on the secondary market, mezzanine debt or ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... will provide a 'standard risk measure' as of June 22, 2012. The standard measure estimates the number of negative annual returns over any 20 year period using seven risk bands ranging from very low to very high, representing cash and regional equities ...

Bonds eye off super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... retirement and they want more stability then what shares can offer. Bonds are far less volatile and yes, they do offer lower returns, but also with greater consistency, which is ideal for retirees," said Vassos. Vassos said in the past high yield products ...

Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... savings gap, estimated to be nearing $90,000 per person. Legg Mason's Real Income Fund is focused on retirees with its returns and source of income but also as an alternative to more traditional property exposure including A-REITs listed funds and 'hard ...

ORBIS launches cash based fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... alternative to traditional cash or money market and income generating funds. "The fund aims to provide stable, long-term returns that exceed the RBA cash rate. It is ideal for people who don't want the volatility of the sharemarket but want a better ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... pointing out that property was the largest single asset class in Australia, triple the size of the equities market and returns averaging 9.5% over the last 10 years. But Tony Bates, financial adviser from boutique high net worth advisory firm Bluepoint ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... purchasing power of their retirement pool," said Vassos. Global demographics only adds to this shift, he said. Strong returns from actively managed bond portfolio reinforce the case as well. But despite this, overall bond holdings in the Australian investment ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... difference, though his preference is for the July option. At one point during the mergers, Russell had to lodge three tax returns with APRA including one for a merged fund that had a balance of trade of just one minute - which then had to be audited. ...