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Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has thrown its support behind a Treasury proposal to provide an optional capital gains tax roll-over concessions to merging super funds. Under existing rules, if a super fund in a prospective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market may gain after US equities and commodity prices rose on Friday. At 0735 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was up ten points at 3,534. In economic news, the Australian Bureau ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
In spite of the best wishes for good tidings for the New Year, sorrows and trouble abound. The global financial crisis shows no signs of abating. The global economic future looks glum. Yet Americans are unable to afford their usual psychological crutches ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The $2.65 billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche ...

IGCC appoints Pegan as chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) appointed Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan as chair. Pegan replaces VicSuper chief executive Bob Welsh. Welsh was the first chair of the group and increased its membership tenfold to 40 Australian ...

Full steam ahead for Aberdeen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Aberdeen Asset Management confirms it will proceed with its $540 billion acquisition of a slice of Credit Suisse's Global Investors business as planned, despite S&P placing 29 Credit Suisse funds "on hold". Aberdeen said last month that it would buy ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
An alliance of 16 institutional and asset managers representing more than $2 trillion in assets including Souls Fund Management and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The government has introduced new superannuation rules that will address what has long been viewed as discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension ...