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VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
VicSuper and Australian Ethical Superannuation - which collectively have over $2.4 billion Australian equity assets under management - have adopted an after-tax benchmark from the industry standard FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series. Both funds will be ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Going for the ceiling. Sorry folks, this time it's not about the US debt ceiling. It's about Wall Street making another run for the all-time high it reached back before the GFC stood for the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis. ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
S&P Indices has expanded its S&P/ASX fixed income series and introduced intraday pricing to the Australian market. The government inflation-linked bond index carries capital inflation linked bonds with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each ...

Super potential underrated by Aussies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Baby Boomers rate financial independence as costing $750,000 and wish to retire early but do not see their superannuation as the answer, reflecting a change in sentiment. In a new study assessing attitudes to individual financial health, Baby Boomers ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
MLC has shaken up its global shares strategy allocations with a new fund manager and dropping allocations to others. Taking effect immediately, MLC has allocated 11.5% to new manager Delaware Investments and dropped its 8.5% allocation to Capital International. ...

FTSE index launch for insto investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Global index provider FTSE Group today launched four new indices within the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series that allow institutional investors to factor climate change risks into investment strategies. Partnered with CDP and ENDS Carbon, the four ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has announced the winners of its 2011 awards series at its national conference held in Sydney. The Chairman's award for most outstanding contribution by a member to SPAA and the SMSF ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Soft Commodity Fund - Colonial First State Global Asset Management A, IFP Global Franchise Fund - Macquarie Professional Series A, Australian Ethical Climate Advocacy Fund - Australian Ethical Investment A, Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fresh events and reports released overnight really did not add to what we already know. We already know that Greece will be bailed out for a default because its exit from the Eurozone would trigger a game of "who's next?" Small and insignificant Greece ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
HSBC is targeting financial planners with a new product that gives Australian investors exposure to seven key Asian markets. The HSBC100+ Series Asian Equity Investment is a structured product offering capital protected exposure to equity markets in ...