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Australia's growth super returns 2.2% in July

Global Pensions | 23 Aug 2010 | 15:21

AUSTRALIA - Australia's median growth superannuation fund returned 2.2% in July on the back strong equity performance over the month.

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Canadian schemes down 3.2% in Q2

CANADA – Canadian pension funds lost 3.2% in the second quarter, but a weak dollar helped shield against even steeper falls in the international equity markets, according to data by RBC Dexia Investor Services.

Global Pensions | 23 Jul 2010

Australian super funds to ‘see first growth in three years’

AUSTRALIA - Australian super savers can look forward to their pension funds recording growth for the first time in three years when they open up their statements over the next few months, consultancy Chant West said.

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Currency union survival and the euro

Guest commentary by Steven Englander, global head of G10 FX Strategy at CitiFX

Australian pension funds head back to currency

Australian funds have begun to look at currency following a period of uncertainty. Rachel Alembakis looks at what new strategies are being adopted

Considering currency

Is there beta in currency? If so, will the creation of a currency index series, the FTSE Currency Forward Rate Bias (FRB) Index Series, help investors view currency as an asset class in its own right? Industry experts discuss the merits of currency as an asset class

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GP Currency Forum: Euro could collapse

Global Pensions | 27 May 2010 | secure

UK – The current fiscal and political strain on the eurozone could prove to be too much for the weakening euro and there is a chance the currency could collapse, attendees at the Global Pensions Currency Management Forum in London heard.

Video interview with Mercer's Michael Lewis

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Video interview with Marcus Turner

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