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NFP super beats retail over 10 yrs

... profit superannuation funds outperformed retail master trusts by more than 2 per cent per year in the past 10 years, new research found. Rainmaker Information modelling found a worker in a not-for-profit super fund earning $50,000 with $50,000 already ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... was a result of low interest rates, generous grants to first home buyers and tight rental markets. The head of property research at ANZ, Paul Braddick said another important factor is that reasonably conservative lending practices in Australia meant ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... likely to pull out a girl from school than a boy when tuition becomes hard to find, the World Bank vice president cited research findings on household income declines in Uganda and a fall in income from agriculture in Madagascar where girls were first ...

Super funds stage comeback

... best news fund members have had since super started its downward spiral in June 2007," said Alex Dunnin, director of research and editorial at Rainmaker. "Shares bouncing back like this reinforce how rapidly markets can climb back once markets price ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... know your TTR from your MER? Apparently not for many Australians who still struggle with basic superannuation terms, new research shows. A new survey by Suncorp showed that transition to retirement strategies and management expense ratio number among ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... still have a place in a client's portfolio. This is despite the asset class losing almost 50 per cent over a year to May, research from Rainmaker found. "On the face of it a number of them seem like they're very good value and a number of them are. Right ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... per cent in June for its third consecutive increase. Yeah...so what? So what is that the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) uses the details of the index as gauges to determine the start and end of US recessions. And the details confirm the ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... swaps, futures, forwards and options to manage risk in their DB plans," said Sam Knox, vice president and director of research, CFO Research Services. "Conversely, those respondents whose plans were hardest hit by recent economic events - and who are ...

Agribusiness MIS suffer 77pc drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... correlated to the mainstream asset classes. "As always and with any investment, potential investors need to do their research and make sure they understand the risks prior to making any investment decisions."