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Future Fund rebounds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Consumer Price Index (which was 1.4 per cent over the period, according to ABS figures). By comparison, the S&PASX300 accumulation index, used as a benchmark by many Australian managed funds, returned 13.05 per cent over the period. "Cash holdings in ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Investment Trends found the median balance was only $109,000 - well below the average. What's more, Australians in accumulation phase usually estimated they'd need $49,000 per annum to retire comfortably (on average). Survey respondents said that it ...

Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... some funds as an example. Meanwhile, a major challenge identified by Scully for the industry was a shift from the "accumulation" phase to a "retirement income" phase, as the baby boomer generation becomes further entrenched in retirement. As a result ...

Focus on member retirement outcomes

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... super funds should focus on delivering replacement income for members in retirement, rather focusing on than the accumulation of a large lump sum. To that end, he said super funds should report potential retirement income, not just member balances. He ...

SSgA hits $3bn in ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... which along with the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 (SFY), was launched in September 2001. The STW closely tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index, key benchmark index. FUM for the STW alone rose to $2.48 billion from $1.7 billion a year ago. Rob Goodlad, senior ...

IML Future Leaders posts 25pc return

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... funds over the period. The IML Future Leaders fund returned 25.9 per cent for the year to June while the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index posted 13 per cent, according to Rainmaker. The result means the fund tops Rainmaker's Australian equities - Active ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... seven years. Pandit and his team have a target return of five per cent (before cost and fees) above the S&P/ASX100 Accumulation Index on a rolling basis.

Aubrey opens local fund

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... which has a three-year track record and returned more than 33 per cent in the year to June compared to the MSCI World Accumulation Index return of 21 per cent. Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury, said the fund is attracting strong interest from ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... Fidelity Australian Equities Fund returned more than 27 per cent for the year to May compared to the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index which posted over 18 per cent.

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...