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Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... formally separate the management of government bonds from other securities, in particular corporate securities and other returns seeking strategies. "This gives us more control over the levers to make sure, that for our different diversified portfolios ...

More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... presence and support to financial planners and bring out new products to ensure we are well positioned when investor appetite returns." The second initiative involves using the partnership BTIM has with Westpac Group and boosting the firm's product profiles ...

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... latest quarterly results announcement. It gained 4 per cent in the three months to September 30th, which puts the fund's returns since inception at 4.2 per cent per annum, below its stated aim of achieving returns of between 4.5 and 5.5 per cent above ...

The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... investment management fees, they may be overlooking hidden transaction costs that can also detract significantly from returns, according to experts. The list of grievances super funds have on investment fees is long and extensive. With Australia's retirement ...

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... voluntary superannuation contributions collapsed under Labor's watch." But this ignores the impact the GFC had on fund returns and the flow on effect this had on investment confidence in-turn leading to a slowdown in total contributions. It also ignores ...

MLC stars in NAB $4.2bn profit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... per cent, but add Aviva to the equation and average FUM growth reached 46 per cent. Higher net flows and improved market returns helped boost funds under management figures, according to the bank's results. Insurance also played a key role, with MLC ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... may never be as good. In contrast to the dominant approach here in Australia, Sentinel usually seeks two-thirds of its returns through operating income, and a third through capital appreciation. "Our basic business is investing in core cashflow assets ...

Westscheme sells $300m Brisbane property

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Westscheme members," according to the statement. Westscheme said while the property was of a high quality, the prospective returns for fund members from alternative investments exceed that from continuing to hold Brisbane Square. The property is an 'A' ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... fund's 2010 annual report. Fraser said the fund decided to hold a 6 per cent allocation in cash not because it was a strong returns category, but "we did want to be cashed up to pursue some of these [investment] opportunities". "Some of these have come ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Staunton, which used more than a century worth of data from 83 countries, the correlation between GDP growth and stock returns is statistically non-existent. The example of China and the UK over the past 25 years illuminates the point. Despite breakneck ...