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NSW Bookmakers and Perpetual top super tables

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... data also revealed that Australian equities was the best performing individual investment category, with the average Australian equities option returning 24.1 per cent over the 12 months to end October and 21.0 per cent over the last three years. Leading ...

BankWest raises high yield stakes

... Rainmaker Data, the average yield of a high yield fixed interest fund is comparably lower at 6.6 per cent. An average Australian fixed interest fund also gives a lower 4.95 per cent return before fees. But to put in context, the Austock High Yield fund ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

... internet and 11 hours listening to the radio - a couple of hours more internet usage on both compared to the average Australian. For Australian lenders to successfully win these Gen Xers, Forrester recommended that lending company's websites should be ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... 'financial planning advice" because of the fees. Yet the average $2,200 to as much as $3,400 squandered by the average Australian on unnecessary items each year is more than enough to cover the cost of getting financial advice annually. Michelle Balt ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

... saw a need and an opportunity to respond." Residential real estate is a $2.8 trillion equity pool, with the average Australian household having 60-70 per cent of their wealth tied up in realty. Mirabito said that current tools for measuring house pricing ...

Templeton Growth shuns Aussie stocks

... equities." said Peter Wilmshurst, portfolio manager at Templeton Global Equity Group. Templeton has found that on average Australian sectors are around 20% more expensive than international sectors on a price-to-earnings ratio basis. Another issue is ...

Moderate growth outlook for US: Fidelity

... the year to August the average global equity fund has returned 17 per cent compared to 32 per cent for the average Australian equity fund. But Fidelity's 20 per cent being nearly twice their benchmark, which only scored 11 per cent, signifies their renewed ...

Super launch for Virgin

... outperformed their comparable index after costs. "Picking a consistent winner is like entering the lottery for the average Australian," Virgin Money managing director Rohan Gamble says. Over 10,000 Australians have already pre-registered for Virgin Superannuation. ...

Private Portfolio Managers launches LIC

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Boutique fund manager Private Portfolio Managers today launched a new listed investment company (LIC), to be called PPM Investments Ltd. Private Portfolio aims to raise up to $150 million through the initial public offer (IPO) of PPM Investments. Private ...

AXA claims Australians are underinsured

... is just 26 per cent of that required. Taking into account the value of superannuation, the research said the average Australian has death cover 30% of that required. The disability income insurance cover is estimated at 27% of that required. The estimates ...