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CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has expressed its support for the US government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Superannuation funds expecting to achieve 3-4% above inflation on their typical balanced options are likely to be disappointed, according to Credit Suisse Private Banking's David McDonald. The head of strategy and research for Australia told journalists ...

Alternative funds delivering: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Research house van Eyk said yesterday that the better alternative investments funds are successfully protecting investors from falls in equity markets and diversifying portfolios. van Eyk has just released an additional 10 fund ratings in the Alternatives ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients terminate their mandates with the group. But after explaining the staffing and operational changes they had made ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... need to set up a self managed super fund [to gain investment flexibility]." A spokesperson for Australia's largest pension fund AustralianSuper yesterday said that while it supported innovation in the industry it did not have plans to allow self managed ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts. The Indian economy's growth rate has come down from the double-digit pace recorded in 2010 to a mere 3.2% in the year to ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Media Super has lodged an early application with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to offer a low cost investment option under the Federal Government's MySuper reforms. The reform, part of the Gillard Government's overhaul of Australia's ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Representatives for the superannuation industry have argued against a Federal Government decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last ...

First State Super tracking well after merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... 2011 First State Super officially merged with fellow industry fund Health Super, creating Australia's third largest pension fund. First State super boss Michael Dwyer, who last year won the Fund Executive Association Limited's executive of the year award ...