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Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... individuals, in their response to current movements in the super fund balance, consider switching to cash or other conservative investment options, they should seek the advice of their fund or an advisor. "And I would like to thank you today, I would ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
'There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington D.C. and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands.' This was US Democratic representative Gary Ackerman's comments to the CEO's of the big three US carmakers ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... using its call centre. The additional seven investment options complement the super fund's three existing options; conservative growth, balanced growth and high growth. Members can choose between a socially responsible investment (SRI), infrastructure ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... falling term deposit rates make high grade mortgage funds very attractive," he said. "The funds are invested in a conservative and high quality mortgage portfolio and have afforded our investors with a high degree of security and appropriate protection ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... 4,136 on a volume of 15,613 contracts. IG Markets institutional dealer Chris Weston said analysts were expecting more conservative gains today. "We didn't expect it to open as high as it has," Mr Weston said. "We expected the materials sector to be slightly ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... came in, that just really added fuel to the fire and started to put pressure on the big funds, particularly the very conservative part of the market [like Perpetual, AXA and Challenger] that are pretty much on par with bank term deposits," said Dugald ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... selection within similar growth weighting categories. It noted that while one-quarter of retail funds have appointed conservative investment options as their default choice, where growth assets comprise less than half the fund option, all industry funds ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Corporate fund Nestle Australia Group Superannuation Fund has revised the asset allocations of its conservative and high growth options following a review of its investment structure. Among the changes were a 2 per cent increase in Aussie equity to ...

LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... offering. But the key differentiator of the fund would be its low gearing levels, significant risk mitigation and conservative strategies, said Piltz. "As valuers we are traditionally conservative. I think what the market needs right now are property ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... industry funds, also have a high allocation to alternative assets particularly infrastructure, direct property and conservative hedge funds - all of which cushioned their performance from the maladies of the listed markets. Hill said that their portfolios ...