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MTAA Super launches its own pension products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
Top ranking industry super fund MTAA Super has announced the launch of its own allocated and term allocated pension funds. "A significant number of our members are over 53 years of age and that's why we've created the pension options," said John Jones ...

UN signs up $6 trillion to responsible investing

The world's largest pension funds and money managers are putting their money where responsible investing is after a UN initiative to adopt 'green' principles drew more than 60 signatories with a total $6 trillion in assets under management. Following ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
US fiduciary wealth has surpassed individual wealth, presenting new opportunities for pension funds and other managed funds to leverage the weight of money to achieve corporate and social change. Speaking at the CMSF conference yesterday, William Greider ...

New hedge fund managers need the right skills: AIMA

... running businesses and their investment strategies." This is particularly crucial with the AXISS report showing that pension funds have increased their allocation on hedge funds from 3 per cent in 2001 to 32 per cent in 2005.

Local and global equities fuel returns: SelectingSuper

... lackluster 6.2 per cent only a year ago. SelectingSuper has also started tracking benchmark performance of allocated pension funds from last June and found parallel trends with super funds, but with some deck reshuffling. Based on numbers for the 'diversified ...

RBC Dexia number one for global custody - again

... areas of client service and relationship management." The awards are based upon surveys of investment managers, pension funds, charities and other financial institutions around the world, that ask about client satisfaction with the services performed ...

Great Southern a big winner in super rankings

... their Corporate Super fund, which achieved 23.2 per cent per annum over the same period. In the world of allocated pension funds, Optimum again leads the field in diversified growth, achieving an average 17.2 per cent per annum return over the past three ...

Optimum and REST the top performing allocated pensions: SelectingSuper

... to the public, master trusts dominate taking out eight of the top 10 places. The top diversified growth allocated pension funds over the last 12 months were Perpetual with 19.6 per cent, MAP Funds with 19.5 per cent, ING's OneAnswer with 18.9 per cent ...

Russell expand ahead of Asian property push

... director of institutional investment services for Australia, tipped that there will be a growing number of global pension funds as well as Australian investors competing in the region for REIT and private real estate opportunities. "The property sector ...

Pension funds killing GM

Pension fund and health care costs for General Motors (GM) in the US add $A5,000 to the cost of each car, almost sealing the fate of the giant car maker. After earlier reports by Financial Standard that the pension fund burden for GM is one of the factors ...