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Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... Superannuation remaining the minor wealth accumulation player at least relative to housing is despite record breaking investment returns and the massive Better Super tax reforms that saw contributions surge 60 per cent during 2006-07 to $122 billion ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton highlighted the US experience that shows why investor returns are chronically influenced by human emotions. Dutton said A US report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience ...

CalPERS pumps cash into fund-of-funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... investment officer. "These firms give us access to a larger number of managers to generate positive, long-term investment returns and reflect the diversity of the market." Leading Edge is a minority-owned emerging fund-of-funds manager who will allocate ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... industry is in for a major makeover as hedge fund replication tools or "clones" permeate through the sector to deliver returns at the fraction of traditional costs. Banking giant Goldman Sachs spearheaded the cloning phenomenon in 2006 when it created ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... managers such as Ascalon Capital Managers are steering their attention to the global commodity sector to maximise investor returns. The St.George and Kaplan Equity Limited co-owned Ascalon has teamed up with absolute return manager H3 Global Advisors ...

Clever but not too clever investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... that is direct property investment still remains a lucrative income vehicle for investors looking to make some serious returns on investments in the long run. "Part of the reason of the attraction of direct property is because it's got a great 'sleep ...

Tranzact grabs 60pc stake in Total Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... number of growth opportunities in the financial services market and is the most effective means of maximising shareholder returns," said the firm. Total Super is an independent SMSF administration and compliance service provider based in Brisbane. The ...

Aviva Investors the new force in GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Property assets will be managed separately and local independent teams have been developed to generate high performance returns using active management strategies. "Our business will require our people to embrace a very different perspective: one of ...

Check the fine print: GESB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... $1,500 top-up from the government," Dolin said. "Small differences in fees can have a substantial impact on your long term returns. Annual fees of one per cent of your fund balance rather than two per cent could increase your final return by up to 20 ...