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LUCRF's new growth option targets lower volatility

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... gains that might come with strongly rising markets," said Ben Samild head of LUCRF Super Investment Strategy. Recent research from Rainmaker Information shows that super fund returns are 96% correlated to equity markets, a fact which seems to support ...

Email tops in social media stakes

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... with, he says email is by far the most versatile, with the ability to cross over between business and personal space. Research presented by keynote speaker David Rae of Canberra-based accounting and financial planning firm Beames and Associates suggests ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... after tax - reinforcing how negative news on superannuation is continuing to turn around," commented Rainmaker head of research Alex Dunnin. The average super fund has an annualised three-year return of 4.8% and 10-year returns stand at 6.4% per annum. ...

New BDM for AUI

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... development manager. Thomas joins AUI from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he was associate director - key accounts and research relationships. He has also held client relationship and business development roles at Macquarie Funds Group, St George ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 2013 strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam, thought to be the world's ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Investment research provider Lonsec, in partnership with a superannuation research company, today released the Lonsec super comparator, an online tool that allows advisers to easily compare all types of superannuation offerings. The first offering from ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... month. Up 5.4 points from December's revised reading of 81.4 to reach 86.8, State Street Global Markets, the investment research arm of the financial services giant, said that the increase was driven by a 7.8 point increase in confidence among American ...

Caitriona Fay joins Perpetual's philanthropy business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... held the role of senior program manager. Fay is a member of the Leading Learning in Education and Philanthropy (LLEAP) research project team and was previously Co-Chair of Philanthropy Australia's Education Affinity Group. Last year, she was the recipient ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... 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 given the variety ...

Acadian appoints new head of investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... business to continue growth. Walsh will be involved in all aspects of Acadian's investment approach including factor research, portfolio construction and trading. He will work closely with Acadian Asset Management LLC's global investment team of more ...