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Folkestone launches Truganina Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... p.a. and a forecast return on investment of 77%. Folkestone head of funds management Adam Harrington said the strong population growth in Truganina and the proximity to Melbourne CBD makes Truganina a desirable place to create a residential land development ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... part of the creation of the CAIA Australia member Chapter, which will support the rapidly growing member and candidate population across Australia. "Given the size and continued growth of superannuation in Australia, and the increasing prevalence of ...

Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... regulation of the financial services industry. Flegg chose to present on the FSI, and focused on the problem of the ageing population, arguing that the age pension eligibility age should be lifted to between 70 and 75, but that the superannuation preservation ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... term money market and liquid funds. Equity oriented funds comprise 22% of the market. Despite India's widely dispersed population, KPMG noted that the five top cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata account for 74% of funds under management. ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Fund has no members." While the purpose of the Future Fund, in his view, is primarily to help fund Australia's ageing population, Costello said it could be used for other things. "The government could by legislation draw money out of the Future Fund ...

ASFA launches blueprint for post-retirement system

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... compulsory disclosure income stream projections. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said: "We know that the ageing population is going to be a game changer when it comes to retirement incomes policy. It's time we stop pointing at the problem, and start ...

Asia Pacific wealth growth outstrips world average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The wealth and population of high net worth individuals grew faster in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 than anywhere else in the world, according to the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2014 (APWR), published by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. The region's ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... two sub-indices: integrity and sustainability. The index compared 25 countries which accounted for 58% of the world's population, and looked at five different types of retirement systems: basic public pension, mandatory public contribution systems, mandatory ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... some near-term growth emerging for companies with exposure to the Australian housing construction sector, our ageing population (retirement and aged care) and various organisations that would benefit from a falling Australian dollar," Perennial portfolio ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... US$1.4 trillion. The Middle East has also seen strong growth in total wealth, up 16.7% to US$413 billion, though the population of billionaires has shrunk 4.8% to 40. The Latin America and Caribbean region has seen the biggest growth in its billionaire ...