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Challenger AUM jumps 16pct

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's assets and funds under management have hit $31.4 billion, jumping 6% since last quarter and a total of 16% since March 31 2011. Citing strong life sales, positive boutique inflows and positive market movement for the period, Brian ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Life insurance risk inflows increased by more than 10% in 2011, with new premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
The outlook for oil prices is still the wildcard for the economic outlook across the Asian region, according to the latest market update from Indonesia's Mandiri Investasi. Adding to the speculation is that central governments are trying to control ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The superannuation industry might have unsurprisingly welcomed the passing of the SG increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
One the myths of the internet age is that the web is for the young digitari while older Australians inhabit the analogue world. However, research contained in the 2011 Sensis Social Media Report reveals a fundamentally different picture. It found that ...

Super up 8 pct to 1.28 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Superannuation assets climbed 8 per cent in the year to end September, more than twice the pace of returns over the same period reflecting a recovery in contribution levels. Super assets climbed $55 billion in the September quarter to reach 1.280 trillion ...

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Poor share market returns are continuing to inflict damage on super funds with median returns for the 12 months to end September coming in at only 3.7 per cent. The results are contained in the latest SelectingSuper crediting rates survey conducted ...

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Super contributions contracted only 5 per cent during the 2008-09 global financial crisis to $112 billion, leaving total contributions still at a high 23 per cent of total national wages or two-and-a-half times the SG rate, according to latest figures ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Top US institutional investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's ...