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Aust investment managers climb global ranks

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... passive managers have also grown consistently during the past ten years, increasing by 9% in 2010. For the first time since the GFC, total assets of Australian managers in the top 500 list surpassed pre-GFC levels of US$691 billion set in 2007. Australia's ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... business sales have been growing at double-digit annual rates since the start of this year - much, much more than the boom pre-GFC years. And businesses are investing these profits. Business investment in structures expanded by 13.3% in the third quarter ...

2012 China study tour launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... experience first hand the Chinese growth story. "Its been a few years since we had a study tour and the changes in China post the GFC have been vast and this is essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity to see China still developing," said Jonathan ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... the 1930s, or the Latin American crisis of the early 1980s, the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, or even the recent GFC (although some say this has not yet completely played out) and many others. In the midst of all these crises - yes all - ...

Mortgage funds to rise post-govt guarantee

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... secure net interest payments on mortgages, but the sector must avoid pitfalls that damaged confidence in the sector after the GFC when several major mortgage funds froze redemptions. "Investors have always liked the diversity that mortgage funds can ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... expected to result in better long term savings outcomes, it doesn't help retirees who need access to their money now during this GFC-induced cycle of abysmal returns. Cooper said under current product designs we expect individuals to operate as if they ...

Indexed FUM up 30% since GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The push to alpha-beta separation has put new impetus into the indexing sector, leading to continued growth in index market penetration particularly among equities, according to new research by Rainmaker. Indexing in Australia is now $223 billion, its ...

ASFA warns against using super to buy homes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... that pool and how it drives the economy...that will impact on overall returns, and driving the economy drives jobs. "In the GFC when companies could not get access to any loans, they issued capital, which was bought by superannuation funds... The retirement ...

BT, MLC rocket up the super charts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... seen them rocket from last to first place among the big 6. MLC has meanwhile risen from last place during the depths of the GFC to now be number two. Their rise accompanies a lift in the consumer standings of the big 6 retail superannuation brands more ...

Invesco shuns global brands in Asian growth story

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... all well below US$10,000 per capita so that gives us comfort that it's a long term story." Yuen cites the aftermath of the GFC as an example of Asian spending recovering quickly, creating opportunities to benefit from the 'trading up' of consumers from ...