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NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Superannuation Fund has been named the world's most innovative sovereign fund. Last night, the Fund won the prestigious Sovereign Wealth Fund category in the 2012 aiCIO Industry Innovation Awards in New York. The other finalists were the Australian Future ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... 10.7%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were ANZ OneAnswer with 12.0%, Perpetual Wealth Focus with 10.6%, Colonial FirstChoice with 10.5%, REST with 10.4% and First State Super with 10.1%. The top five public ...

More good news for US housing market

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... of positive economic indicators emerging from the US economy was the decision by the Norway's US$660 billion sovereign wealth fund - the worlds largest - to invest US$11 billion within the US real estate market. Mandated by the finance minter to put ...

Clients favour modular advice

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... modular advice, not scaled advice. And we must recognise that demand for modular advice is present at all points of the wealth spectrum," Johnston said.

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... people would be interested if their adviser just told them about it, said Paul Harding-Davis, chief executive, Premium Wealth Management. "I often hear in the adviser community that there is no demand for ESG investments, but this is a mater of advisers ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... grow in popularity, investors must be wary of exposing to products they don't fully understand, according to Lonsec. A wealth of new outcome-based equity products has sprung up in recent years, capitalising on the disappointing returns seen from traditional ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) yesterday announced the appointment of Brett Kenny to the SPAA Board. He brings a wealth of experience as well as knowledge about the organisation to this role, having been actively involved in building ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
A rise in the number self managed super funds is proof that the investment industry has not delivered, a senior AMP Capital executive said. It is no longer good enough to be satisfied with not doing as bad as an index and the industry needs to focus ...

Early engagement key to next-gen wealth transfer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Philanthropic foundations or trusts offer affluent families an ideal way to engage their children in wealth management and investment from an early age to promote the smooth transfer of wealth between generations, according to Opportunity Australia's ...

Vague ANZ wealth strategy disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
ANZ's Global Wealth and Private Banking division is looking to drive growth in 2013 by getting more out of its existing customers. But chief executive Joyce Philips did not provide a great deal of detail at a much publicised press briefing yesterday ...