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ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... after-tax benchmarks bring further clarity to market performance and will assist trustees in providing better investment performance for members," she said.

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... compliant investing in fixed income, equities and money markets to provide more transparency and maximise investment performance. "ISLM has the broadest set of Islamic finance data, analytics and proprietary news, significantly increasing market transparency," ...

Investors direct $42bn to iShares

RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... year, up $114.9 billion or 3 per cent during the quarter. "The increase in AUM was driven by market and investment performance of $132.1 billion and net new business of $23.9 billion, which were partially offset by merger-related outflows of $38.7 billion," ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... implemented by March 2012. GESB is Australia's 15th biggest super fund with $10 billion in assets. It's investment performance is currently significantly above average with the fund's balanced option posting returns to end October 2010 of 8 per cent ...

Industry fund members switch to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Industry funds are losing members to self-managed super funds, poor investment performance and lacklustre communication, research shows. An Investment Trends survey of 8,500 fund members found that nearly one in four industry fund members (23 per cent) ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... paltry 4 per cent average returns, new research has confirmed that for members their number one priority is investment performance. The research was conducted by Mercer who interviewed 500 working Australians. It found 38 per cent of fund members rank ...

Telstra Super rates high on CHOICE

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Survey which assess funds across a range of issues including the quality of the financial advice, fees and investment performance. Telstra scored fourth overall out of all funds, with its score over 10 per cent higher than the average rating. As Australia's ...

BNP Paribas wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... into the future. "The custodian's role is embedded in our daily operations in terms of unit pricing and investment performance reporting will continue to be an important deliverable from our custodian. Planning is now underway to transition custody arrangements ...

StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... previous asset consultant, Access Capital Advisers. The new contract began on August 9. The fund expects its investment performance to improve relative to its peers following the decision, according to a press statement. Responding to the mandate loss ...

Insto flows boost TRG results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... international FUM was in the vicinity of 12-15 per cent. The company said that in spite of its "outstanding investment performance against both competitors and benchmark", its largest product, Investors Mutual Limited, experienced outflows due to a weak ...