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CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... performance. "As our capital commitment to private equity grows, it is important that the nature of our partnerships also evolve to include improved governance rights consistent with the maturing of the asset class," said Joseph Dear, CalPERS chief investment ...

Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Volatility is not just a market barometer of investor sentiment, it is an emerging asset class too, said a fund manager that has amassed $5.8 billion on volatility strategies since 1999. French fund management giant Credit Agricole Asset Management ...

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Queensland-based LGsuper joins the growing number of super funds that are keeping pace with members who want more options within their super. LGsuper was traditionally a "no frills" fund that provided superannuation services to current and former Queensland ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... pre-empt any outcome of any review, the firm is moving on a few key issues the government has already flagged. "Companies must evolve, as must financial planners and advisers. Those that do, and do so quickly, will prosper," said Mason. Amid this raft ...

Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Super funds should start reporting their performance based on how much income they can provide to members on retirement, not on how much they return in the intervening period when the savings are locked up, said a US-based retirement expert. Don Ezra ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Two planning firms and a financial adviser won accolades at this year's Hillross Awards. Hillross adviser and principal at Hillross Mackay, David Pett won the dealer group's Adviser of the Year. Townsville and Ayr-based financial planning practice ...

What a member wants

... pro-active with their fund. The confusion around whether super funds should behave as traditional trusts or whether they should evolve to behave like listed companies, and therefore members as shareholders, is further compounded by ongoing debate on ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
One of the country's long-established value fund manager Anton Tagliaferro has urged the Federal Government to re-instate the shorting ban because short-selling threatens the ability of listed companies to raise much-needed equity capital in the next ...

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Rudd Government's move to set up a government-sponsored mortgage body and invest in $4 billion of Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) should reinvigorate the ailing RMBS market and re-instate it as an attractive asset class ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Whether or not the Australian ETS evolves into a carbon tax, businesses are now recognising that reducing carbon emissions is a mainstream economic issue that presents investment opportunities. "As a private person you may not like [having to reduce ...