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WW adds new portfolio advisory role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Watson Wyatt has hired Peter Ryan-Kane to fill a new role as head of portfolio advisory across Asia Pacific. Ryan-Kane returns to the global consulting firm after more than two years at Credit Suisse working across product development, investment solutions ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... infrastructure - this time with stronger ethical and sustainable values at its core. "As superannuation funds aim at longer term [returns], you particularly have a clear mandate to look past half year returns, and contribute to rebuilding a national ...

Storm subsidiary in liquidation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... Families, including reviewing the roles played in the business by Storm Financial's directors, and will seek to maximise returns to creditors," said Worrell. He added it was impossible to estimate the return to creditors until investigations were completed ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... Aussie shares, international equities and credit markets to increase their growth exposure and position the fund for better returns over the next three to five years. Since June 2008, the fund has increased its Aussie equities allocation from 27 to 30 ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... investment portfolio. "The reality is for many super funds right now is the global financial crisis and its impact on member returns is consuming a lot of time and attention," she said. "Equally, many funds are waiting in anticipation for regulatory ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... do not receive interest income like they do from cash or government bonds. And gold comes a far second when compared to returns stock market investors receive when the economic cycle is in the growth phase. But now things have changed. Cash practically ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... on share reward schemes. Central to their proposal is the proper alignment of executive pay with long-term shareholder returns and risk. "This is not about getting a one-size-fits-all approach. Different cases need different KPIs but what is critical ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... to describe a company's governance credentials through quantitative measures are poor indicators of future investment returns. A major paper published in the Columbia Law Review, 'The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices' by Sanjai Bhagat ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... exposure, adding an allocation up to 10 per cent within a broader international equities portfolio should enhance long term returns.

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... three strategies, the BT Global Macro Fund. The latter aims to achieve long-term, consistent and attractive risk-adjusted returns through exposure to a range of asset classes including global equities, fixed income and currency, balancing investment ...