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Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... said that low property yields over the past five years have prompted some fund managers to artificially inflate their returns using financial engineering and other innovations. But that strategy won't stack up in a bear market and gives investors a false ...

Property portfolio changes at EISS, ISPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... continue to diversify its geographical asset base across the various sectors and provide investors with secure, stable returns underpinned by high quality property investments with excellent tenant profiles and long lease terms." Browning said as the ...

Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... 2.3 per cent of global share market capitalisation, finding a home for these funds which are going to deliver long-term returns to investors will be an on-going challenge," he said. "[But] the weight of money could lead to Australia becoming a net exporter ...

CSRF doubles international equity holding

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... "This international equities review is evidence of our commitment to helping our 81,000 members achieve the best possible returns in their retirement savings through continual review of holdings across every fund manager and asset class." Cantor also ...

Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... years, there are going to be a lot of investors looking at Korea." "It's a mature enough but not crazy market area. The returns are reasonable," he said. Ha also mirrored recent comments from FTSE Asia Pacific managing director Paul Hoff, saying Australia ...

ABN AMRO gives investors new Elixir

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... product, offering retail investors access to overweight portfolios of various global asset classes, enhanced participation returns and a 100 per cent capital guarantee. Designed to meet demands from high net worth investors, the product invests in international ...

Sunsuper flags $116m CFS infrastructure buy

... for the Sydney Airport last year. But through the proposed CFI acquisition, Sunsuper fund members potentially gain the returns from several infrastructure assets, not just one, through a single deal. Under the Scheme of Arrangement with CFI, Sunsuper ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... they aimed to better identify environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that have the potential to impact real returns. "The UN Principles for Responsible Investment are relevant to our investments across all asset classes and will help provide ...

Active fund tax burden costs 4pc of returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... the last financial year. The research, conducted using Morningstar data, compared a top marginal taxpayers' after tax returns with average returns from Australia's 15 largest local equity funds. The results showed $500,000 invested on July 1 last year ...

QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... client. Previously, QIC did not invest in index funds. The mandates are also unusual because the focus is on the after-tax returns, which QIC claims is the first of their kind in the country. The group also reconfigured QSuper's $28 billion portfolio ...