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More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... according to an AXA Rosenberg survey. AXA Rosenberg surveyed 196 investment professionals across institutions, super/pension funds across the US, Europe, Australia and Japan in October and November last year. Respondents from the US, Japan and Europe ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... average superannuation cost is still woefully behind on what people need to retire on, having regard to all reasonable pension funds. IFSA's position is that individuals clearly need to be saving more, and one way to achieve that through a target of ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by RBC Dexia Investor services, Canadian pension funds lost 0.5 per cent in the quarter ended December 31, returning a measly 1.5 per cent for the year. "After four consecutive ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... conference this week, Keith Ambachtsheer, director at the Rothman International Centre for Pension Management, said pension funds needed to adopt four characteristics to remain cost effective and efficient. "Pension organisations will achieve the best ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy Voting, has the potential to transform the way proxy votes are processed. Currently voting ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... Australasian Investor Relations Association. Regnan is a specialist governance and research adviser that works with pension funds when they seek to place their billions of dollars in investment funds. This leads to unnecessary conflicts of interests ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... provides technology systems for 260 investment firms in institutional, banking, hedge fund, wealth management and pension funds. This latest move confirms that the expanding role of pension funds taking more direct control of their investments pushes ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... reality. Highlighting the power transition, McKinsey has just released a report arguing that the expanding role of pension funds, mutual funds, oil-rich countries and Asian central banks is redefining how the global economy should be managed. This is ...

China's pension to dwarf Australia

MICHAEL HOBBS AND CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... from the sheer number of its working population and because it doesn't have the same legacy issues facing local pension funds. "China will probably get there quicker than Australia did because of starting with that knowledge. And if they get it right ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... growth, low borrowing rates and an improvement in market fundamentals. Infrastructure has particular resonance with pension funds in particular, the report stated, with due to the class' long life, steady cash flow with an inflation hedge and low return ...