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Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... of its members' precious savings. We shall strive to repay that trust in the best way possible, by good investment performance," commented DGI founding partner Alan McFarlane. Karyn West from Apostle Asset Management, DGI's partner in Australia, explained ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... portfolio manager. "With returns coming down fees need to follow. We believe a fair fee is between 20%-30% of investment performance. That tends to be below the industry average." He adds that in the unusual fee environment some fund managers are becoming ...

Telstra Super CEO retires

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... chief executive, Crowe has led the Fund through a phase of sustained product development and exceptional investment performance." Telstra Super is a corporate superannuation fund with over 100,000 members and over $13 billion on funds.

CFS wins retail fund of the year award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... recognition reflects the dedication of our team in providing an award winning service, coupled with strong investment performance to enhance the financial well-being of our members." Now in its second year, awards were presented to 37 businesses. The ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... outline its new approach. Esemplia principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients terminate their mandates with the group. But after explaining the staffing and ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... HOSTPLUS aims to launch the new model in the latter half of 2013 if markets continue to deliver positive investment performance. *This article was updated on 1 February to clarify that HOSTPLUS has only announced plans to allow self managed super funds ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... HOSTPLUS aims to launch the new model in the latter half of 2013 if markets continue to deliver positive investment performance. Revelations of HOSTPLUS plans to become a PST follow last week's revelations that it was one of the clear standouts in a ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Australia said the product will pay a guaranteed income from age 60, allow members to lock-in positive investment performance, has no exit or withdrawal fees and no commission. MTAA Super has only soft-launched its version of the MetLife product, with ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
... "Our research shows that the major reason that people are switching to SMSF's are associated with the poor investment performance and the level of fees and charges and as a result their funds are moving from Retail and to a lesser extent Industry Funds ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... unfamiliar with. Regardless of these protests, CBUS is highly rated by most super fund research groups and its investment performance has been consistently in the top third of all funds over all medium to long term time frames. CBUS chairman, Victoria's ...