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Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... GDPs are the biggest in the world. Australia's superannuation system at 93% of GDP is the fourth largest. The strong performance from Australia's pension funds vindicates the radically different investment approach taken in Australia, where FUM is highly ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... Spaniards in Madrid and the Greeks in Athens have protested against again only last night. We only have to look at the performance of Spain's financial markets to know that this is not good news for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who's hard at work preparing ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... arm of AMP was shifting its focus to more outcome-orientated investments, rather than chasing benchmarks. Short term performance measures imbed a focus on short term results, he said. "We want to encourage [superannuation] members to look at super performance ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... period was 13.9%, exceeding its benchmark by +3.9% after fees. Despite dismal market conditions, the fund's strong performance and focus on income-oriented pension investors has attracted over $90 million of inflows over the past 12 months. Plato's founder ...

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MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Investment, who notes the market odds for incumbent Barack Obama being re-elected are now highly correlated with the performance of the S&P 500. Some theories support the idea of a link between business cycles and election cycles, however, Stevenson ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... gross of fees over two years to 30 June 2012. Judges said that market neutral and global macro strategies dominated performance in a year that has been unforgiving to stock pickers. Simon Ibbetson, 358 Pty Ltd, and Zenith's Daniel Liptak, both on the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Family businesses' long-term focus and emphasis on product quality has enabled significant out-performance of the market and placed them in good stead to act as drivers for economic recovery, according to Credit Suisse research. A recent survey of 280 ...