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Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... their members through Mercer. For example, the trust previously offered phone-based advice on switching and investment performance but can now give Tier 4 members more complex advice in the areas of co-contributions, salary sacrifice and Transition to ...

ASSET Super to review value bias

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... certainly going to look at that as part of a comprehensive review of our overall portfolio and to improve our investment performance...it's a very competitive market out there."

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... have a marginal effect. "Last year, super funds lost the equivalent of ten years worth of fees due to bad investment performance. No amount of marginal improvements in administration is going to make up this shortfall." "Instead, the focus should be ...

Responsible investments still in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... total investment management across the industry. "The main factors contributing to this fall were negative investment performance and negative net flows to existing managed portfolios," noted RIAA. Thematic funds had more success in the past year, with ...

Northward wins Golden Calf

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Simon Rutherfurd in November last year. The Northward Australian Equities process achieved top quartile investment performance over one, two, three and four year periods since 2004. The firm launched its first retail fund, Northward Capital Australian ...

Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... sector are going to do well," she said. However, another attendee at the forum criticised Rubinsztein's investment performance analysis and the argument behind its advice fee concessions.

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... retail and not-for-profit super funds, not asset allocation or differences in account balances. The paper, Investment Performance, Asset Allocation, and Expenses of Large Superannuation Funds, conducted on behalf of the Council of Financial Supervisors ...

APRA rebuffs super stats critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... deputy chairman, in a letter accompanying the release of their report, A Response to [the] Review of APRA's Investment Performance Statistics of the Australian Superannuation Industry, said the criticisms do not stand up to scrutiny. "APRA is a disinterested ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... week, Jon Eggins, research analyst at Russell, said a boutique firm's lifecycle plays a crucial role in its investment performance. The top performing managers are often those in their "incubator stage", said Eggins. "One of the key drivers behind the ...

AUSfund posts zero pc crediting rate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... 1.8 million fund members remained a high priority. "This result confirms AUSfund's ongoing competitive investment performance over one, three and five year and stands up very well against the returns of both the ERF sector and the negative returns being ...