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ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Superannuation Funds of Australia and London's FTSE Group. The index provides the first standardised measure for Australian super fund after-tax reporting. The new index is an expansion of the FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series which also provides industry-standard ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. Sustained high oil prices potentially affect the holdings of Australian super funds. Light, sweet Libyan crude is mostly exported to Europe, but Bruce Robinson, convenor of the Australian Association for ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Submissions close at 5pm today on draft laws the Federal Government claims will encourage foreign companies to set up headquarters in Australia. The reforms affect the Controlled Foreign Company and Foreign Accumulation Fund rules. Industry commentators ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

Developed markets enjoy strong inflows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... consecutive months. Super funds have reacted to the change of mood by increasing allocations to international equities. Australian Super, the largest industry super fund with over $34 billion of FUM, allocates 23 per cent of its overall portfolio to ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

QIC creates new role of MD Insto Business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Former Perennial Investment Partners business development executive Cliff Smith has joined fund manager QIC as managing director of institutional business. In the newly created role, Smith will be responsible for developing relationships with major ...

Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... typically holds, at any time, between 30-60 names from within the ASX300. He said that discussions are underway with Australian super funds for mandates and believes that quantitative investing could be on the verge of a renaissance. "It feels to us ...

Magill grows FUA as client base doubles

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... can speak to their people, giving [seminars] on property and SMSFs," she said. Magill retired from the South Australian super fund last July after spending 19 years at its helm. She started Frances Magill Financial Strategists in mid-March. Her achievements ...

Lazard targets instos with new EM fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... management of Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. In a recent letter to clients, Prugue pointed out that while Australian super funds have been shifting the 'satellite' portion of their portfolios into higher beta areas - such as emerging markets, this ...