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Super assets soar with 17% annual growth rate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... and falling bond yields have generally been passed from corporate and government balance sheets to individuals due to the advent of Superannuation Guarantee. "This approach makes greater allowance for extreme events, which are occurring more frequently ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
It's a brand new year, yet why does it feel that times are not a-changin'? The problems of 2011 merely just got carried over into 2012. And if you believe those start of the year forecasts, the times could even be a-changin' for the worse - and the ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... and the required actions from advisers, dealer groups and investment managers to successfully navigate social media. In Advent Software's white paper, Social media in investment management, it discusses the various states of regulation in global financial ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... the Swiss National Bank, heretofore the only "G10" monetary authority to have intervened in currency markets since the advent of the GFC, made a thinly veiled reference to intervening again. "That leaves the RBA as the odd man out. They have expressed ...

Lite Super website pulled down

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... exit fees and was 40 per cent cheaper than the average cost of a superannuation fund. The reasoning provided behind the advent of Lite Super was St Andrew's research that stated that 72 per cent of Australians don't have a financial adviser and that ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Investor sentiment might be perking up as global market rebounds continue, but cash holdings are still at decade highs and climbing, new figures from Merrill Lynch show. Cash positions in Europe have reached their highest levels since 2001, with 42 ...

Fidelity signs exclusive research deals

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... information. From Beijing to Timbuktu, Fidelity's got it covered. But considered an unfair advantage only a decade ago, the advent of the internet has made it far easier for many fund managers to get, arguably, the same depth of information with less ...

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... divert attention away from what really matters and that is the specific needs of their respective membership bases. "The advent of rankings has led to many funds focusing on their short-term pecking order rather than the long-term objectives of their ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Well now, there we have it. If the January effect holds, US equity investors and the rest of us should all go on vacation and come back next year. The January effect postulates that the US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... the $31 billion cash investments and Oaktree Capital Management and Sankaty Advisors manage its alternatives strategies. Advent International Corporation and Horsley Bridge Partners look after the private equity allocation and BlackRock Investment Management ...