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Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... participating in managing his portfolio, but acknowledges, should he pass away, that his wife does not have the same interest, knowledge or skills to run the fund and in any event he does not want to leave her with the burden. "I'm not going to live ...

Future Fund to buy airport assets

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... planned for January next year. AIX independent directors unanimously consider the proposed asset sale to be in the best interest of shareholders and recommend that they vote in favour of it. "Australian infrastructure assets are an important part of ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Plans announced in July to internalise the management of Macquarie and AMP Capital-owned utilities investor DUET Group have been approved by the listed fund's shareholders. Macquarie and AMP Capital now hope to internalise DUET's management arrangements ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Protests by the Victorian branch of the CMFEU against an alleged indirect business relationship CBUS has with the Grocon building group has highlighted how - as super becomes more wired to the broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... requirements may be a strain on equity performance. However, the Australian government is just at the top of its own interest rate stimulus cycle which is likely to benefit the ASX. "All these factors make more conscious that the equity bear market is ...

Aus PE funds on the right side of supply & demand

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... they will probably earn less in management fees, though most of their earnings should be coming out of their carried interest anyway," Woodthorpe said. Recent private equity mandates awarded in the United States show that investors are demanding more ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... scenario means the global economy is likely to face a prolonged period of volatile growth with higher risks of recession. Interest rates will remain at unprecedentedly low levels in the US, UK and eurozone with a sustainable recovery not possible until ...

Banksia serves as a warning

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... subject to the regulatory standards enforced by APRA. "While mortgage debentures generally provide investors with a rate of interest above that provided by bank term deposits, the investments comes with an array of risks including the level of equity ...

MySuper perceived as re-badging exercise

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
After engaging with the superannuation industry, it is obvious that there are a wide variety of responses to MySuper product design, said Bravura Solutions' head of product. Many funds are just treating MySuper as a chance to re-badge the default scheme ...

Prime industrial rents hit four year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... return from Financial Standard direct property index. Australia's improving industrial property market is also attracting interest from overseas investors. The National Pension Service of Korea last month announced a $360 million joint venture with the ...