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More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Investors who rely on natural efficiency improvements to protect their resources portfolio may lose out, according to one UK fund manager. Once seen as 'nice to have', environmental resources are now viewed as limiting factors on economic growth in ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here. There were no significant portends from data releases overnight - nothing that would make ordinary investors jump with joy or hang their heads in sorrow. A fine excuse for us Australians to head for the pub early ...

HIP Super members get access to Best Doctors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Boutique industry fund HIP Super has pulled off a major coup and formed a partnership with the MLC Best Doctors service, claiming the deal was only possible because of its small size. MLC's Best Doctors is an exclusive service run out of the Harvard ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Advisers should rethink growth asset allocations and prepare to protect portfolios against fiscal constraints, delegates heard at an industry event. These were two key messages from global investment manager PIMCO, delivered at yesterday's Adviser's ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...

Instos should weigh up cost of futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Physically backed exchange traded funds offer cost advantages for institutional investors holding a position longer than three months, according to new research. A report released by State Street Global Markets found that for time horizons under three ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Super funds will need to engage with lifecycling, rather than simply relying on rebranded default options, according to super heavyweight Jeremy Cooper. This was the message delivered to an industry forum yesterday by the chairman of retirement income ...

MLC: FOFA support hub sees strong response

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
MLC has reported a strong response to its FOFA-focused website for its advisers, detailing how reforms may impact their business, with a 45% rise in traffic since its launch. Since its pilot launch in early March, the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Legg Mason's Australian Real Income Fund has received the rating of 'Highly Recommended' by research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the 'Highly Recommend' rating, in part, for the "improved resourcing and skills of the investment team responsible for ...

Large funds outperform: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
APRA has entered the argument over fund scale, releasing research that finds larger funds outperform smaller ones. The study analysed 280 super funds, covering not-for-profit and retail fund segments. "Fund size has a positive impact on the performance ...