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Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Australians who pay advisers by commission risk overpaying for services 13 times too much, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries. Financial advisers who received commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated ...

Health Super gives aid to fire victims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Health Super is helping bushfire victims by donating their call centre staff services, giving blood, and offering essentials to aid those in need. The $7.6 billion industry fund has donated the services of its call centre staff to the Red Cross Call ...

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Singapore is introducing new tax incentives for investment funds to build up its position as an international finance powerhouse - a move which could pose a serious threat to Australia's hopes of becoming Asia's financial hub. The Singaporean government ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Nine out of ten advisers are considering investing 15 per cent of their client portfolios into unlisted property investments this year, following last year's listed property trust (LPT) fallout. A survey of over 1,200 advisers conducted by Trilogy Funds ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
An increasing number of fund managers are introducing capital protection to their products, with one of the early providers enjoying a 50 per cent spike in new applications month-on-month. One good example is AXA's North capital protection product - ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The $2.4 billion industry fund Westscheme is bucking the trend of super funds going overweight in cash and is rebalancing its portfolio weekly across all asset classes. According to Howard Rosario, chief executive of the West Australian-based fund ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Australian industry superannuation funds might be at the vanguard of unlisted infrastructure investing - but they could soon face stiff competition from their international rivals. According to an OECD report on pension fund investment in infrastructure ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has axed two alternative investment mandates in light of the fund's shrinking assets. According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative ...

State Super focuses on risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $30 billion State Super is focussed on fine-tuning its trustee board's risk detection and management skills to help steer the fund through the global financial crisis. Don Russell, chairman of State Super, said he is looking to boost the involvement ...