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Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Less than 15% of Australians aged 40 to 64 meet the standard set by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that ...

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... invest significantly more than that in the future," he added. The potential for VC and PE funding to play a much more dynamic role in the economy in Australia is why AVCAL is looking to the Financial System Inquiry to help map a pathway to enable the ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Ho-hum. This is how I felt early Saturday morning (or was it afternoon?). No Virginia, it wasn't because I had one drink too many the night before - still, I invoke my right to remain silent. 'Twas because that all-important, that mother of all eco ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from research and ratings provider Zenith. The Australian dollar-based strategy is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified ...

AMP Flexible Super adds new insurance and investment options

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Flexible Super added two new "actively managed market linked" options, Super Easy Active Balanced and the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund. Super Easy Active Balanced is a traditional diversified fund that uses both dynamic asset allocation and strategic ...

Towers Watson appoints insurance exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Life Thailand and MLC. "He is a highly capable and talented individual who will help clients address the increasingly dynamic business challenges and grasp the opportunities in the insurance and financial services markets," Towers Watson managing director ...

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AUSCOAL Super has awarded a new dynamic currency hedging strategy mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) that will allow AUSCOAL Super's investment team more involvement in the portfolio'sA currency management. SSgA has been managing currency ...

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... the lowest tax rates, the best education, and the best healthcare are claimed by the children of the rich. This creates dynamic and mutually reinforcing cycles of advantage that are transmitted across generations. On a global scale, the statistic grabbing ...

SSgA awarded VicSuper ESG mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... million. The mandate will invest in a portfolio of global equities that integrates ESG factors alongside a proprietary dynamic alpha model. The portfolio will specifically exclude companies involved in the manufacture of tobacco products and incorporate ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...