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Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... market." "By contrast, retail investor confidence both globally and in Australia remains fragile. In the US, equity mutual funds flows have been negative for 23 consecutive weeks and year to date redemptions total US$80 billion," he said. Cole said that ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... more susceptible to concerns of market uncertainty, leading to choices of familiar, local stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded that a large algorithmic sell order in futures markets, executed by a mutual funds manager to hedge ETF exposure, was the root case of the volatility, which saw US markets drop nearly 9 per cent in a ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... Internet bubble, stoking concern fixed-income markets are headed for a fall. Investors poured $480.2 billion into mutual funds that focus on debt in the two years ending June, compared with the $496.9 billion received by equity funds from 1999 to 2000 ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... mediums. ETFs experienced global net inflows of US$57.4 billion year-to-date, according to the report. In contrast, mutual funds experienced outflows of US$163 billion. With 453 ETFs, assets under management of US$506.8 billion, and a market share of ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
An analysis of US-based mutual fund flows has found the lowest cost mutual funds attract more flows than their more expensive counterparts, proving that in the battle between fees and return, fees do matter. The Vanguard Investments report found the ...

SEC launches derivatives review

SEC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing the use of derivatives by mutual funds, exchange traded funds and investment firms. SEC staff will explore a number of issues relating to the investment strategy and the regulations imposed ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... services. Guido Giubergia, chief executive for Ersel, confirmed "we currently manage assets in excess of a,-6.5B and 26 mutual funds. Barra Performance on RIMES will enable our performance team to produce performance measurement and attribution analysis ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... chief economist for 15 years at ANZ Bank and, prior to that, worked as chief economist - international at National Mutual Funds Management, which is now AXA Australia. He also worked as a chief economist at McIntosh Securities. In addition, Eslake is ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... have been put forward to explain this phenomenon. None of them really convincing. Some suppose that it is driven by mutual funds selling their losers (window dressing) before their financial year ends on 31 October. Others blame it on the season, or ...