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Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... published data on the flight to cash. In the 12 months to March 2008, term deposits accounted for only 1 per cent of total gross inflows. In the December 2008 quarter, the figure jumped to 28 per cent. The most popular term deposit products in 2008 on ...

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... (11.2 per cent) and AMP (11.7 per cent). During the September quarter, funds continued to fall by another 3.9 per cent. Gross inflows however experienced few changes - up by a very marginal 0.6 per cent to $71 billion. Best inflow results were achieved ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... skills," said IAG chief executive Asia, Justin Breheny. "During the 2008 financial year, the joint venture's general insurance gross written premium increased by 15 per cent in local currency terms, and we anticipate continued growth in excess of 10 ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... still as relevant today as ever," said Wiles. Wiles said the firm's CVC Sustainable Investments fund achieve an average gross return in excess of 20 per cent across all realised investments since inception.

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... the Hines Green Development fund, created in 2006 with a $350 million CalPERS commitment, now has about $1.12 billion in gross assets for development projects that involve high performance sustainable office buildings. As of September 30, 2008, five ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... you cannot offer this to people who want cash returns." As a result of the switch, members in the cash option can expect a gross return in line with the cash benchmark, the UBS Bank Bills Index. The Colonial First State Wholesale Premium Cash fund posted ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... are more than 79 pooled mortgage funds in the country. While the top 15 funds boasts at least more than $500 million in gross assets (as at January this year) and thousands of investors in the books, more than 50 mortgage funds have a smaller asset base ...

India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... Pereira maintains India is well positioned amidst the current global financial crisis and is still expecting eight per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the coming year. "The credit crunch has not changed India's demographics, its young population ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... under-performance is due to embedded fees that are already incorporated by the investment vehicles used by these funds at the gross return level, rather than poor investment manager skill." The report throws a spotlight on how different funds have vastly ...

APRA rebuffs super stats critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... at the aggregate level," explained Jones. While industry associations have argued for fund performance to be reported in gross and net terms, the APRA report rejected this proposal. "Even if it were possible to report gross returns, such returns are ...