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Franklin Templeton plans retail growth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... of global growth portfiolo management at Franklin Equity Group, said the portfolio takes a bottom up approach and is research driven. "The portfolio is concentrated with around 40 holdings at any point in time. We do take a longer term perspective to ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... of super fund members in Australia but they are still massively under-represented on fund trustee boards, reveals new research from SelectingSuper's research partner Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker has analysed the gender composition of hundreds of ...

Aviva rebrands to Antares

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... the vast majority of the funds in the first or second quartile over three years and the team has won a number of retail research house awards over the past two years," Hallinan said. "The investment philosophy and process for Antares equities remains ...

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... hospital buildings that are structured to deliver a revenue stream. FrA(C)dA(C)ric Blanc-Brude, the study's author and research director at EDHEC Risk Institute-Asia, said these uncertainties can, however, be addressed if a transparent and independent ...

'Twinflation' makes real asset investment popular

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... Referring to the 'secular investment backdrop' for the next decade, Jon Ruff, lead portfolio manager and director of research for real asset strategies described the impact of widespread devleveraging in the developed world coupling with emerging market ...

UN Responsible Investment head joins Emerald launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... outperform while managing risk better" Gifford said. According to Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) research, the average Responsible Investment (RI) fund outperforms its mainstream counterpart and benchmarks in every category ...

Securitor launches accountant SMSF solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... the exemption is dropped, Securitor has launched the new solution promising a strong compliance program, technical and research support and access to practice development managers. The new offer is designed to allow accountants to continue to advise ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... probability of a macroeconomic backdrop of 10 to 15 years of economic stagnation," said Jeff Chee, head of asset class research for Towers Watson Australia. The firm's research indicates that in the next year bond yields and risk premiums will be kept ...

Smart beta gains popularity with instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Smart beta solutions are becoming increasingly popular with global pension funds, according to research from UK advice firm bfinance. Smart beta, which includes fair-value indexing and low-volatility strategies were perceived as a method of reducing ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... placing on Award super funds notwithstanding the importance of such funds is waning due job mobility. The APRA annual research report also confirmed the realisation that while industry funds dominate membership of younger superannuation members, older ...