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ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Advice reform," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. ASFA is taking a multi-level approach to the campaign, including research around the Cooper cost buckets to source all costs in order to form a starting point that the entire industry can agree ...

Investors eye $650bn 'niche' asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Shipping-related investments is a niche asset class that is now open to a broader set of investors following the GFC, new research shows. According to the latest Mercer report, the shipping industry is responsible for moving 90 per cent of the world's ...

INGIM hires two for Aussie equities

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... by the middle of the month. Hudak joins the fund manager from MIR Investment Management where he was responsible for research coverage of a number of sectors including construction and engineering, commercial services and supplies, transport and chemicals. ...

Fixed income prone to emotion-led choices

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
According to the fourth research paper on "Greed and Fear" released by Tyndall Investments, investor psychology is very much a force in today's fixed income market - not just in equities. Tyndall noted that investors need to adopt long-term strategies ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Overseas investors and super funds buoyed the commercial property sector in the year to June, accounting for $6.88 billion or more than 54 per cent of all sales. According to latest figures from property researcher Atchison Consulting, the majority ...

UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... aspects such as green technology and our carbon trading programs as well as our technology, education and scientific research. I believe that green technology is of particular interest to Australian investors." According to UKTI, there are all sorts ...

Perpetual promotes two

NEWS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... global equities. Gemma Dooley has assumed the broader role of general manager - institutional business and investment research, equities for the merged division. Dooley's areas of responsibility in her new role include institutional client service and ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... another important factor to take into account, as this can provide portfolios with a natural hedge, Ben Davis, head of research at Zenith, told Financial Standard. For example, assets denominated in US dollars have tended to appreciate in times of shock ...

MLC global equities and property PM departs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... him all the best for the future," said a company spokesperson. Mahalingham, who has worked alongside Paul in manager research for the last six years, will act in the role while the group search for a replacement. Myooran joined MLC in February 2001 where ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... as many people across the Australian society to call for it [increase in SG]," she said. The super fund commissioned research, conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries, which found the average Australian retiring at 65 years old would only have 60 per cent ...