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Super funds to inject $1.5bn more into Aussie hedge funds

An academic survey has predicted that current allocation by major super funds to hedge funds will jump by $1.5 billion in the next two to five years, an increase from the current average allocation of 2.9 per cent to 4.1 per cent. The University of ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

The much-anticipated shadow shopping survey conducted by ASIC post-choice has revealed that around 80 per cent of financial advisers gave 'reasonable advice' or better, but an unacceptably high 20 per cent made consumers worse-off. And that is just ...

Avoid overly conservative target date investing: RiceWalker

Increasing longevity means fund members should avoid investing in life-cycle products that push them too early into conservative investments. In their latest Analysis paper called "Investment strategies in Australian Superannuation Funds", RiceWalker ...

Education drives choice: Plum

MLC-owned Plum Financial Services has succeeded where most super funds have failed, spurring more than three-quarters of its 110,000-strong members to exercise choice. The Melbourne-based company is a corporate superannuation specialist with a twist. ...

Gen X and Y oblivious to super choice: Max Super

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Generation X and Y consumers don't understand superannuation and are reluctant to exercise choice, mainly through ignorance, according to a Max Super survey that it says will add weight to proposed super changes to be submitted to government next week. ...

DSTi wins tech mandate from Tassie's RBF

Tasmania's Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has launched the first stage of its new automated workflow solution, courtesy of DSTi. The workflow solution, called AWD, is designed to increase automation, improve compliance and reduce the costs associated ...

AIOFP signs up OFM as reverse mortgage provider

Financial services group OFM has signed up the Australian Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) to be their preferred supplier of reverse mortgage products. AIOFP chief executive officer, Peter Johnston, said the group chose ...

Navigator expands menu

Navigator has added eight investment options to its personal platforms, the Personal Investment Plan and the Personal Retirement Plan. The funds are the Aberdeen Asian Opportunities Fund, Australian Unity Wholesale High Yield Mortgage Trust, Challenger ...

Hedge funds expect more USD rallies: Greenwich-Van

Recent volatility in the S&P 500 and in global currency markets has made hedge fund managers even more upbeat about the USD. According to the Greenwich-Van Macro Sentiment Index, the proportion of hedge fund managers upbeat on the USD has jumped from ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

RP Data, Australia and NZ's biggest property data provider, and Rismark International, a real estate funds management JV with Macquarie Bank, have announced an Exclusive Strategic Partnership to rectify house pricing measurement inaccuracies. Under ...