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Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... Illustrating this, Rainmaker said that according to statistics just published by APRA, the management expense ratios of retail funds are only 0.8 per cent compared to the 0.7 per cent paid by industry funds. Debate then become electric as APRA came under ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... Whiteley said the performance table would allow people to switch super funds if they were unhappy with its returns. Retail funds have had a mixed response to ISN's proposal. David Hutchison, MLC head of investment product, said people should be aware ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business School study conducted since 2005 and surveyed 2,658 retail funds and 1,494 instos in the US with the premise "How do retail and institutional investors choose their investments?" ...

AUSfund signs on more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... performance and high profile matching activities have seen an expansion of nominations from industry, corporate and retail funds during the current financial year," he said. Fawcett added there were increased levels of interest and continuing enquiries ...

Industry funds have mass appeal: Chant West

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... manager, said the research showed trial commission payments add up to 60 basis points to ongoing fees. "Given most retail funds are sold by financial advisers, the commission should be also be included in the total cost of the fund, rather than excluded ...

Industry responds to APRA report

... trustee system has had a role in determining member returns in the past decade, where not-for-profit funds have beaten retail funds based on default super fund returns. "It's clear from this research that the profit motive of the retail funds may diminish ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... not-for-profit funds are driven by their trustees, it's senior executives who initiate most of the key decisions in retail funds. "Retail trustees have fewer directors, shorter (but just as frequent) board meetings, and rely more on fund executives to ...

Down markets make good investments cheaper: Perennial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... dollar-cost averaging and work with advisers and managers who can find them opportunities. Brian Thomas, head of retail funds management at Perennial Investment Partners, said, "Whilst we hear lots of talk about investors turning away from growth assets ...

CFS GAM expands BDM

... financial services including consulting, sales and management roles in corporate superannuation, institutional and retail funds management. The second recruit is Liz Krajewski as manager, wholesale business development. Prior to joining CFS GAM, Krajewski ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... to maximise returns without undue risk to the super fund. "Over recent years, Fisher Funds has built a successful retail funds management organisation. Their investment mandate has also been successful for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. However ...