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FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... executive officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, said, "Financial literacy will always be multi-dimensional, and achieving these goals of course requires cross-curricular and collaborative approaches." Clitheroe said the program ...

Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... bumps future markets may throw up," Fechner said. "These funds are adding appeal to what used to be a fairly dry, one dimensional asset class. It is now less about fixed interest and more about a layered investment strategy of sovereign, corporate and ...

Another Dimension to DFA

Flush from the success of its current suite of products, leading fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has today launched a new fund that follows the same winning formula but with a global tilt. DFA senior portfolio manager Andrew Cain said that ...

DFA funds "holy grail" research on Aussie equities

One of the leading passive fund managers in the world, Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has funded an Australian-based research to find the "holy grail" model of evaluating Australian equities. UQ Business School's head Professor Tim Brailsford, Monash ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... JBWere Property Securities Wholesale Fund picked up the award for listed property securities manager of the year. Dimensional Global Value Trust was named global equities manager of the year. Tyndall International Bond Fund was awarded global fixed income ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

... is to transfer his clients to other wraps and is considering using either Macquarie or BT wrap. As an investor in Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), he said he is limited to choosing the wraps that will provide DFA. Matthew Rady, head of product and marketing ...

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

... shares and overseas shares. Drilling deeper into the fund uncovers well-known managers including Principal Global, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Barclays Global, Loomis, Sales & Co, Mellon Global and Vanguard. Asked why growth assets are included in an ...

Follow the golden BRIC road: S&P

... that there is still a high level of competency there." In the global emerging markets category four stars went to Dimensional, Lazard and Legg Mason. In Asia ex Japan four stars were awarded to Aberdeen, Advance, Challenger and Schroder. In the China ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

... several trillion dollars here," Sinquefield is said to have virtually invented index investing and is co-chair of Dimensional Fund Advisers Inc, one of the largest institutional fund managers in the US with US$79 billion of funds under management and ...

DFA best supporting player

Morningstar Research has awarded the investment strategy of DFA's Dimensional Australian Value Trust a recommended rating. Unlike other funds DFA's strategy is not dependant on forecasting, or trying to identify incorrectly priced securities. Instead ...