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Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the uptake has been patchy with some funds having no buffer at all, new research has found. Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants scrutinised 65 industry funds that collectively manage $250 billion in funds for 12.4 million accounts. They found total operational ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... (ASFA). ASFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC) worked closely with a broad range of representatives from asset consultants and industry and retail super funds to create the measure, designed to help consumers make better informed decisions. "People ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... said in a release. The corporate regulator has made no secret of the fact that it is now pursuing advisers, asset consultants, ratings houses and any organisation it considers to be a gatekeeper to the financial system in an effort to raise standards. ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... silly and realise they can package things up to make them sound different with some leverage in there and can convince consultants and the investors that they're buying alternatives." "But the investors are buying things they could have bought in an ...

NGS Super sharpens planning focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
NGS Super plans to increase the take up of financial advice among its members by appointing three specialist consultants to improve education and establish an online advice model. The fund has appointed Andrew Dunkerley as manager of financial advice ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... investment committee, with the key responsibility of developing that engagement policy with investment managers and asset consultants. "We just want our approach to ESG issues to be part of what each of our investment oversight team does, part of what ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... of experience in the market and funds should hire a manager or managers to maintain an investment policy. "I think consultants find it particularly challenging to think about how they're going to set foreign currency policy and then how they're going ...

Russell appoints director amid consulting expansion

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... appetite for more sophisticated investment advice among institutional investors. "The services where they do engage consultants are becoming increasingly complex and specialised," said Greg Liddell, head of consulting and advisory services, Australia ...

FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series was designed with the help of a committee of fund managers, super funds, asset consultants and tax specialists. FTSE and ASFA are also considering index-linked products, such as ETFs, structured products and derivatives ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... opportunities without the embedded index risks. Peebles questioned the validity of sticking with benchmarks, urging asset consultants, investors and the like to begin embracing benchmark unaware fixed income products to avoid be caught out by benchmarks ...