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NZ Super returns 17pc

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... update, it has returned just over 6 per cent since inception and 188 basis points in February alone. The fund's posted returns are expressed after fees but before tax. The fund has more than 36 per cent allocated to large cap international equities ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...

Hall charts new value investing model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... must revamp their approach and hold more cash reserves, focus on highly liquid stocks and lower expectations on absolute returns. Speaking at an investor presentation in Sydney last week, Hall said the traditional approach to value investing is no longer ...

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... various forms of risks. "Compared to a decade ago, it is more difficult today to have high levels of conviction of the real returns from equity markets over the next 10 years," she said. Some of the questions that ought to be asked include how adequate ...

Just cash, thanks

TYNDALL RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... were investing in assets such as mortgage-backed securities or asset-backed commercial paper that potentially boosted returns but hurt liquidity, and therefore attracted a level of risk that many investors were unaware of," said Justin Cowper, head of ...

Ex Macq manager restrained from departure

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... hearing has been listed for 15 March 2010. The restraint orders will continue until Monday 15 March 2010 when the matter returns to court.

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... high growth options. "The conservative growth investment option is expected to demonstrate low volatility of investment returns in the short term, but generally conservative returns over longer periods. "The trustee considers that the conservative growth ...

Towers Watson researcher returns to Aus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Towers Watson has welcomed back one of its previous researchers, Ben Griffiths, to its Australian investment team. Griffith spent nearly three years at Towers Watson's UK investment business. This move brings the total number of manager researchers ...

Citi and GSJBW win ESG awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... excellence in environment, social and governance (ESG) research in Australia. Gray's report, Good Ethics & Culture = Good Returns, beat 28 other broking reports to win the association's Best Piece of ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team. Amanda ...

Super has no competition, no innovation: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... million members pay commissions and don't get advice? Why would somebody do that? Why is that the more you pay, the less [returns] you get?" Whiteley was commenting on new research released by ISN in their Supernomics report that attempts to integrate ...