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XPLAN leads the sector with PlanTech acquisition

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... principals, Tony Smith and Mark Young, to acquire the business. This significant investment builds on the very strong performance of XPLAN since it was acquired in 2003 and reflects IRESS' resolve and commitment to the wealth management software space." ...

SRI needs clarification: Finsia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... dad' investors would be more likely to invest in the SRI sector if they understood more about the concepts and the performance of funds in the sector. Finsia commission the research as part of a campaign to raise the profile of the SRI sector as well ...

Commonwealth revives Colonial hybrid

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... CBA is securitising part of the Colonial fee flow. The credit risk for investors is thus linked to the business performance of Colonial - a segment experiencing some price reductions in wholesale and retail fees. CBA presumably hasn't guaranteed the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... release their annual results. On the economic front, the Australian Industry Group-Commonwealth Bank of Australia Performance of Services Index (PSI) for August is released and the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets. The Australian stock market shrugged ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... spending $18 billion over the next four years including about $5 billion in 2005-06 on capital works. The export performance of WA is now more than that of NSW and Victoria combined. A budget of $633 million has been allocated to electricity infrastructure ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... gained 49 points to 5,122 on a volume of 6,719 contracts. Shaw Stockbroking head dealer Jamie Spiteri said the performance of the local market may be even better than the index suggested. "The market is quite strong, but the index is probably not telling ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Macquarie is trumpeting the virtues of one of its lesser known but high performing geared property funds this week, citing outperformance of 7.1 per cent and a focus on high levels of income as reasons to take a second look at the fund after three years ...

Big gaps in performance between managers

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... by bottom performer Lazard Select fund with 4.86 per cent returns. Morningstar attributed the relatively subdued performance of value managers to an underweight in resources and an overweight position for some in Telstra, whose share price dived 27.0 ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
... diminishing talent pool of small cap analysts." While Sheehan could not directly attribute the churn to the poor performance of managers, he admitted it could be a factor. "It's difficult to say if stock picking skills are challenged by anything other ...

Small cap funds not driven by skill: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
According to van Eyk, the performance of small cap funds will be dictated by market conditions rather than the skill of the managers. New research by van Eyk into small cap managers has revealed most have large factor biases and, while they will outperform ...