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Responsible investing begins at home

PRI RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... per cent of chief executives want investors to reward better sustainable practices by 'pricing' them accordingly into valuations. As investor demand for sustainability grows, so too will the pressure for global companies to address environmental, social ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The oversold Euro, market valuations that reflect lowered expectations, and an expected gradual decline in volatility currently make Asia one of the best investment hot spots for Aussie investors, said Seres Asset Management. With equities markets around ...

Auscoal switches to daily unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... It will also provide "greater fairness" to members, with a better breakdown of account values as opposed to weekly valuations. The move will also allow better integration with the fund's new administration system, which uses unit prices to administer ...

AustralianSuper pours $200m into Northcape Capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... earnings growth in 2010/11 and beyond. "Small caps have generally outperformed large caps in rising equity markets and valuations remain reasonable, particularly on normalised trend earnings," he said. Delaney explained that Northcape was chosen for ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... Assurance paid a total of $183 million into the fund to restore the value of investors' holding prior to the drop in valuations. The firm also contacted existing customers that were identified as holding poorer quality marketing material to find out ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... To compound the problem, many advisory firms have borrowed money in previous years to grow their business based on valuations that now look overinflated given market conditions. Australian Unity Financial Planning, which has around $500 million in funds ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... economics of emerging markets, particularly China, are pretty compelling but we are investing there not based on the valuations of companies at the moment, or even the timing of entry into the markets. This is more of a strategic carve out to an asset ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... at 1 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. OK, ok. I hear you, but these have all been priced into stock market valuations? Maybe. Maybe not! Remember pre-GFC? Those were the days when everyone and his dog factored in good times forever. This is not ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... critical to ensuring a fund's on-going compliance. "SuperMate provides clients a high degree of automation, ensuring that valuations and asset allocations remain current and information is easily accessible to an SMSF trustee and their adviser 24 hours ...