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Super queries drop despite GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... last year. According to Beck, public offer funds have received fewer calls despite the onslaught of the global financial crisis due to increased trustee communication with members, industry comments, research and heightened member financial literacy ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... has always sided with America - in Afghanistan, in Iraq and in its plan for spending its way out of the global financial crisis - while Russia, Spain, France and Germany opposed. Certainly the US wants the UK onside when the G20 gabfest convenes in a ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... investing in poor-performing superannuation fund is potentially just as damaging as the impact of the recent global financial crisis," said Reynolds. "While consumers have no control over events such as the GFC they do have control over the fund they ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... losses, rebuilding Australia's economic infrastructure and righting the ethical wrongs resulting in the global financial crisis, said Tim Costello, chief executive of World Vision Australia. Costello, who spoke at the Conference of Major Super Funds ...

Mexican super funds shut doors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... Asociacion Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos, an organisation that represents all Mexican super funds, the global financial crisis has had a profound impact on the local economy - causing the production, employment and local investment rates to fall. ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... dollar. This is good for America. 'Made in America' goods, services and assets - already cheapened by the global financial crisis - would be even cheaper to non-Americans. It has already exported the sub-prime meltdown and the credit crisis. Now America's ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... that consideration into the investment portfolio. "The reality is for many super funds right now is the global financial crisis and its impact on member returns is consuming a lot of time and attention," she said. "Equally, many funds are waiting in ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... US$1.25 trillion to rescue the convulsing economy threatens the return of high inflation when the current global financial crisis is but a painful memory. Inflation is good for gold as the yellow metal's almost instantaneous response to yesterday's Fed ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... that is more commensurate with what the shareholder receive over the long term," he said. Mather said the global financial crisis magnified the flaws in the current pay model and while the problems in Australia are not as great as those in the US, institutional ...

Perpetual buys Financial Pursuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... operate as a boutique group in the current environment," he said, adding, "And it's not because of the global financial crisis but today's compliance regime. That really drove the decision," he said. Financial Pursuit has come a long way since it started ...

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Australia's retirement system receives first A-grade

KARREN VERGARA
Australia's retirement system has finally received an A-grade rating in the annual Marsh CFA Institute Global Pension Index after stagnating at the B+ level for the last five years.

Brighter Super changes up investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA
Not-for-profit fund Brighter Super has introduced numerous changes to its fees, decreasing investment fees while increasing insurance costs.

Channel Capital wins distribution mandate

MATTHEW WAI
Channel Capital has been appointed by Coller EQT to distribute, promote and service investor support to the two secondaries strategies currently available in Australia.

Perpetual asset management outflows hit $9.6bn

VINNY VUCAGO
Perpetual's asset management business recorded $9.6 billion in net outflows during the September quarter, weighing on funds under management as its Corporate Trust Division reached a record $1.4 trillion in funds under administration.

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