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Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... explained. Record low bond yields, close-to-zero interest rates in developed markets plus myriad risks including the European sovereign debt crisis and the US fiscal cliff, have all contributed recent equity market underperformance which shows little ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... considered as a mild supplement to the retirement savings needs of New Zealanders. Combined with NZ's A$15.8 billion sovereign wealth fund New Zealand Super Fund and other super assets, NZ's entire superannuation system is estimated to hold only A$56 ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... and operational changes they had made, several others, which include both Australian superannuation funds and overseas sovereign wealth funds, have now elected to maintain their relationships with the group, he said. While in Australia, representatives ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Lomas believes insurers in the developed world, seeking to diversify away from the historically low levels of domestic sovereign fixed income, will look to deploy assets in flexible credit oriented ETFs.

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The size and complexity of European Union public pension liabilities masks the funding needs of member countries, according to new research by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. The institute says that Maastricht treaty debt-to-GDP targets are too simplistic ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... coming months. And that outlook is positive. The US economy continues to improve and though still in recession, Europe's sovereign debt issue now appears to be a problem rather than a crisis. And then there's China. You've seen the latest stats. Its ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Europe. Apart from murmurs of a currency war (more on this later), all we hear is the sound of silence with regards to its sovereign debt crisis. Hope it remains that way so Europe too could concentrate their effort on growing its economy. An improving ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... it's got its scissors out, ready to snip an A off Uncle Sam's AAA rating. According to David Riley -- head of Fitch's sovereign-rating team - "If we have another one-minute to midnight deal, which we think is damaging to confidence and the recovery ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... surpluses, a growing middle class, robust fiscal and monetary policies and the stability of local institutions - such as sovereign wealth and pension funds that are investing in projects in their home regions, including infrastructure - are all factors ...