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New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... super fund members are never more conscious of fees than when returns are down. "But now that returns of the average institutional super funds have improved to somewhere between 8 and 15%, you're going to see that slowdown in SMSF establishments, because ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Yes, no, maybe I don't know. That's the answer we got from the very latest US non-farm payrolls report on the question of a September lift-off. There was something for everyone. Those expecting the Fed to pull the lift-off trigger at their 16-17 September ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... study, almost US$12 trillion ($17.1 trillion) will be spent in water between 2013 and 2030. "The extra incentive for institutional investors with environmental and social concerns is that companies focused on the provision of water typically have no ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... from the nation's leading superannuation and sovereign wealth funds. "In a bid to intelligently match projects with institutional investors, we are looking for a list of ask criteria from Australian superannuation funds," he said. "Our investors are ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... offering six higher priced retail-class mutual funds as plan investments when materially identical lower priced institutional-class mutual funds were available." The court ruling "should have wide reaching ramifications for trustees and for responsible ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Report - Sanders doesn't see this "product mentality" changing too quickly. "For one," he says, "you've got a lot of institutional players out there in the market dominating the platform space. Their thinking is about products. That's how they make their ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Superannuation fund members should leave their money in a highly diversified option and come back when they retire according to an industry fund chief investment officer. Addressing a member direct investment options forum at an Australian Institute ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... other large investors. "With more than $2 trillion managed by superannuation funds in Australia, we hope to see more institutional investors realise that they can make investments that can both earn a financial return and make a positive social impact," ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... funds. "Our role as independent responsible entity is to assist fund managers structure their products for Australian institutional and retail investors to ensure their funds are operated in a manner consistent with Australian financial services law ...