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Future Fund on the defense

The $51 billion Future Fund has dipped its toes in the equity and property markets but the bulk of its portfolio remains in cash, the fund's latest investment update reveals. The 31 January update released today shows that 8.8 per cent of the fund's ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

The Australian Workers' Union national secretary Paul Howes has called on the Federal Government to allow Australian voters the option to direct their tax cuts into their super fund. In an articled published in today's Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne ...

Toolsets by managers, for managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Global fund management software provider, Impact Investing, builds a strong case on how fund managers can improve their returns and showcase their investment process much easier to prospective investors. Enda Mahoney, the group's new managing director ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Reserve Bank's (RBA) increasingly hawkish attitude to smashing inflation presents risks of a hard landing in 2009 if consumers don't quickly moderate their spending. "With interest rates going higher and higher the risk that they go too high - if ...

Wikis may be working for Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collaborate online. The bank already has around 1000 user ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower according to the March SPI futures index, but New York is trading higher on record oil prices and base metal prices were stronger in London overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
From Russia to Brazil, Africa to India, emerging markets are outpacing their developed counterparts left, right and centre, and Credit Agricole Asset Management's (CAAM) Australian arm is the latest firm to capitalise on this sector's growth. Launched ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Queensland-based Richard Clayton Jackson Sharland, a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrate Court yesterday to stand trial on a date to be fixed on 22 charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Instalment warrants spice up property portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have traditionally favoured direct property investment as a lucrative money making asset. Now instalment warrants are being hailed as the latest vehicle to help them grow their unlisted property portfolio. SMSF superannuation ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...