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Industry responds to APRA report

... Given this diverging trustee models, the research suggests that the 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 ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The world equity markets shrugged off the lingering effects of the share market downturn to report impressive returns in April, said Standard & Poor's (S&P). According to S&P's monthly global stock market review, The World by Numbers, developed markets ...

Aviva super gives $800 tax refund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... management products, said the pension product enhanced the tax effectiveness of superannuation. "Last year was a year of good returns which means that this year the tax refunds have been flowing through to pensions," he said. "We all know that pensions ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... outperformance. "The reviewed managers [admitted] that performance in the sector has been extraordinary and that future returns are likely to be more in the range of high single digit or low double digits," the report said. Listed infrastructure funds ...

Praemium signs on UK Fat Prophets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... labelled service powered by Praemium's technology. All three investment models offered on the platform have produced positive returns since their launch, both relative to their bench marks and absolute terms.

QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... capital markets. In turn, the asset management division is made up of the active management segment, which focuses on alpha returns and strategy (beta returns). The third investment division, Capital Markets, boasts an omega function responsible for ...

Direct property reigns: study

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Strong total returns, highest level of income and low volatility - direct property fits the bill and has beaten all other major asset classes in fattening investors' bottom lines in the last 20 years, new research shows. According to the Australian ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... Russell Investment Group to launch the Trust Philanthropy Fund, an investment product that provides regular income and returns that best suit a not-for-profit organisations. Russell Investment Group's (Russell) multi manager investment process has been ...

AXA Rosenberg unveils super long/short

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... strategy is especially suitable for superannuation funds because it seeks a more even return stream to better match their returns obligations to members. Several key characteristics of the strategy include capitalisation-weighted regional components ...

130/30 demand drops

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... people are moving more towards skilled hedge fund managers," said MacDonald. According to MacDonald, both inflows and returns for the strategies have gone down and show no signs of changing. "It doesn't make sense, in fact you'd be better off buying ...