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Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... in the default options ranking however, with four industry funds, four master trusts and two corporate funds making up the top 10 performers over the last 12 months. But over five years only one master trust, Australian Unity, made the cut. Despite the ...

HOSTPLUS tailors fin lit to Gen X and Gen Y

Industry super fund HOSTPLUS is forging a new path to reach its Gen X and Gen Y super fund members, launching a financial literacy program specifically for 20 to 30-somethings. This month, the fund partnered with Scott Pape, author of the bestseller ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... while the broad-market Standard and Poor's 500 index shed 1.67 points (0.12 per cent) to close at 1,420.86. LONDON - Britain's top share index slid into the red on Friday, as a profit margin drop hit Vodafone, and economic worries gnawed at investors ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

In 2000, US pension funds dominated the top 20 list of the largest pension funds in the world but a new study has found that in 2005, Asian and European pension funds have taken over. The 2005 joint survey by Watson Wyatt and US publication Pensions ...

EQT completes its eastern-seaboard network

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... managed fund, the SGH IC2E Fund, has just posted a one year return of 45 per cent, which according to Rainmaker is one of the top returns in the segment even surpassing returns from micro-cap and leveraged funds. EQT, which acts as the responsible entity ...

Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... rate increases'. This contrasted with US fund managers, who cited increasing inflation and geopolitical instability as their top concerns.

RCM head of Aussie equities moves to UBS

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... close at 1,417.23. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished down 20.33 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 2,417.10. LONDON - Britain's top share index fell 0.4 per cent on concerns over the US economy. The FTSE 100 closed down 25.4 points 6,267.2. FRANKFURT - The ...

Private equity about multiples, not debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... But the flood of money rushing into private equity also makes it much harder for investors seeking to place money with the top private equity managers. "Quality investment opportunities [and managers] don't need your money. Instead they need a reason ...