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Superannuation

Singapore CPF contribs now 34.5 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Singapore Government has raised the contribution rates for the Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) by 1.5 per cent to near its maximum limit of 36 per cent of total wages.

Vision Super goes public

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Vision Super has been granted a public offer licence and will soon be launching its new public offer Vision Superannuation Fund (VSF).

Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations.

Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The wealth management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006.

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
Asset Super has made wholesale changes to its investment strategy by reducing its exposure to Australian and international equities and Australian bonds in favour of a shift to global and domestic listed property trusts and international bonds.

Super funds could offer transaction banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
Super funds will have much greater scope to offer financial services and even transaction banking facilities to their retired members under the Simplified Super changes announced in last year's Budget.

Perpetual enters lending business with Wignalls

Perpetual has expanded its corporate trust arm by buying Adelaide-based company Wignalls Lenders Mortgage Services (Wignalls).

Stenham wins best long-term FOHF

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
London based fund of hedge funds (FOHF) specialist Stenham Asset Management has started 2007 in style, being awarded the Best Long-Term Achievement Award at the European Hedge Fund of Funds Awards.

Ignore global benchmarks: Aberdeen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Global benchmarks don't offer much in the way of diversification, according to Aberdeen Asset Management, but a well constructed global equities portfolio can offer investors one of the most effective means of diversification available.

T. Rowe Price wins Russell global equities mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Russell Investment Group has appointed T. Rowe Price International to manage a global equities mandate worth 15 per cent of its Global Opportunities Fund.