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Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Government has provided a two-week window for submissions on draft legislation on the core elements of MySuper as it presses ahead with plans to introduce the default super product from July 2013. Having outlined the structure of Stronger Super ...

Boost for corporate sector as Stronger Super details emerge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The Government has released the final details of its Stronger Super reforms policy, which could reduce the fees paid by super fund members by up to 40% with the vast majority of balances being commission free by 2017. From October 1 2013, employers ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Super funds and institutional investors have been warned not to underestimate US equities, with the share market pipped to return to former strength by MFS Investment Management's chief investment strategist. Despite the US government debt crisis, US ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... adage, "sell in May, then go away" ? It served them nicely last year. The S&P 500 was down 8.2 per cent in the month of May of 2010. Now that was big time! And that was when the European sovereign debt crisis was doing its rounds in the financial markets ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
After a tumultuous few years, US real estate could be set for gains next year, and Australia's largest super funds are becoming alert to the opportunities. According to Principal Real Estate Investors, despite uncertainty over the macroeconomic situation ...

INGIM hires southern region manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... through dealer groups and platforms. It also follows the hiring of Jim McKay as its head of wholesale business back in May of this year. "The sale of ING Group's holding in the ING Australia joint venture to ANZ Bank in late 2009 has resulted in INGIM ...

Lonsec names top global equities funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
T.Rowe Price Global Equity fund, Templeton Global Equities fund and Goldman Sachs JBWere International fund are among seven funds that received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec's global equity review. Lonsec's 2009-10 Large Cap Global Equity ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... home price index rose by 0.5 per cent in May from April - the first increase since July of 2006 and the biggest rise since May of the same year. This furthers the view that the US housing market has already left bottom, if not yet on a full-fledged recovery. ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...