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Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... standards of governance to super funds that have yet to adopt the principle of independence voluntarily. "This legislation is balanced and sensible. While mandating that one-third of the board be independent, the draft legislation also includes an "if ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... yield, but more volatile investments - like shares." Sunsuper's lifecycle investment strategy sees members invested in the balanced pool until they turn 55-years-old before progressively shifting assets to a less risky investment pool. New kids on the ...

Martin Currie hires small cap analyst

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... Australian equity range spans small caps, property, real income, equity income, core and large cap value strategies, and balanced strategies such as the innovative Multi-Asset Retirement Income Trust (MARIT). The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income ...

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... pretty focused on ensuring that in a rising market, before things start to go south, we were operating the portfolio in a balanced way," Smith says. Board members "take an agnostic view on the asset class because in the trustee board table there is a ...

XTBs added to Praemium, HUB24 super platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... and brokers to help further educate retail investors about the role of corporate bonds within a diversified and well balanced portfolio." HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock added that HUB24 is "committed to providing independently-minded advisers ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Fund, UBS Australian Bond Fund, UBS Diversified Credit Fund, UBS Diversified Fixed Income Fund, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Balanced, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Growth, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative, UBS Clarion Global Property Securities Fund and ...

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... above inflation - slightly less than the 3.5 to 4% above inflation range that is often the stated long term target for balanced funds. Despite the overall SelectingSuper index's fall to 6.5%, the index was sustained by international equities that returned ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... investment committee said China does not appear to be in an overall hard landing despite struggling to transition to a more balanced economy. "Certainly, the recent volatility in its equity market and the yuan has lessened confidence in the country's ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... developing winning value propositions. "The appointment of Ms Leonard also sees the Fund taking continued steps towards gender balanced representation as advocated by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)," Kinetic Super said. The ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... options. An example is Hostplus' member-direct investment option A which, overall, sees members' underperforming the fund's balanced option. Slattery said many APRA regulated funds now provide direct investment options with high concentrations in particular ...