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Invest in UK infrastructure, super funds urged

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... to do is make sure they have all of the information they need about the UK space." The huge amount of investment opportunities in the UK energy sector comes after the passing of the Energy Act 2013, which set out a number of regulatory measures for the ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... funds to direct more investment into infrastructure. "It should lead to an increased pipeline and more investment opportunities. So we feel overwhelmingly positive about those measures in the budget." He also said he was hopeful that federal and state ...

Australian ETF industry passes $11 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Other contributing factors include the ease with which they can be traded on the ASX and the range of investment opportunities available to Australian investors through ETFs. The sector attracting the biggest flows in April was international equity-based ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... alternative assets have expressed concerns it would lead to Australian super funds being locked out of global investment opportunities because aspects of the Australian reforms are much more intense than those that apply in the US, UK and Asia. They ...

Saxo Capital Markets adds share options to platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... both institutional and retail investors. In particular, recent market volatility has provided attractive investment opportunities for options traders, and investors are becoming more aware of how they can hedge their exposure in asset classes such as ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... third pillar - smart beta - targeting systematic factors, non-market cap stock weighting or thematic investment opportunities, to capture particular premiums, typically at very low cost. "It is no longer sufficient to have an allocation to bulk beta ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... Australia." He added that, while the growing pool of superannuation funds will need to look offshore for investment opportunities, the funds passports as they currently stand are a somewhat crude solution. "As we grow from 9.25% to 12% contribution of ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment opportunities for super funds, which have consistently called for federal and state governments to facilitate more infrastructure investment ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... over 2,000 Australians also revealed Queenslanders were most concerned about super adequacy, missing investment opportunities and changes to superannuation rules. People from Western Australia and Tasmania were the least concerned. Those who have children ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... suggest that investors are rethinking their geographic allocation to take advantage of international investment opportunities, shifting assets from domestic to international equities. "This is a smart diversification move for many Australian investors ...