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Growing SMA use hits education barrier

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... their use of separately managed accounts, with education forming a barrier to widespread uptake of the structure, new research has found. The 2011 Separately Managed Accounts Report found that while just 18% of financial planners advised on SMAs in 2011 ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
An industry super fund head has said the idea that bigger super funds are cheaper for members is unfounded. John Livanas, chief executive of $1 billion meat industry fund AMIST Super, said smaller can be better and that mergers for the sake of merging ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... said. AMIST had $1 billion in funds under management as at June 30, and looks to asset consultant JANA for investment research advice. The panel session also tackled the topic of the rising numbers of super fund members entering the pension phase, and ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... yesterday. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA), produced research showing the majority of trustees had a genuine desire to be responsible decision makers and were seeking quality information ...

Big six use advisers for sales while clients confused on independence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... to direct the majority of the funds they establish to their parent fund manager, a study released today by Roy Morgan Research has found. The Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report found the product funneling trend was largely unchanged ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... with REST, rather than changing funds based on year-to-year performance," said Hill. Recent data released by Rainmaker Research predicted an average superannuation balanced fund return of around 8% for the year. REST has 1.9 million members.

nabInvest makes first move in global equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... confidential agreement should provide nabInvest with exposure to the global equities market through Altrinsic bottom-up research covering larger to smaller companies across developed and emerging markets. "We have been looking for a high quality international ...

Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... attracted to the small handful of companies that had a fully franked yield. Hugh Giddy, senior portfolio manager and head of research for Investors Mutual Limited, a large-cap Australian equities value manager, said the Australian market had produced ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... allocation to alternatives, a class that has swelled to US$952 billion among global pension funds. According to a global research study by Towers Watson, in conjunction with UK newspaper Financial Times, alternative assets managed by global fund managers ...

Qantas signs up Russell for FX trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... execute FX trades for Qantas Super, while also managing operational risk and delivering performance reporting tools. "Our research shows that many funds are unaware FX transactions can be so costly, and investors can't assume FX trades are being executed ...