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Blood and Gore fund sustainable

It is a fund that's been labelled 'future-proof' and has 'performance with principles' and now mum-and-dad investors in Australia can invest in Generation Investment Management (GIM), co-founded by ex-Goldman Sachs CEO David Blood and former US vice ...

Government offers industry the simple life

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... reforms would encourage more people to invest. "The Simpler Regulatory System Bill will encourage and further enable mum and dad investors to effectively participate in the marketplace," he said. Pearce said he hoped to pass the bill through the lower ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

The blow-out of leveraged buy-out activity (LBO) in Australia from an annual average of $1.5 billion to last year's record $27 billion is changing the investment landscape, but not in the way most people think. Andrew Goddard, director in alternative ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

There are less mum-and-dad investors in the market but they are trading more frequently and placing bigger bets, according to the latest Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This is the tenth study conducted by the ASX ...

Elite investing strategies ready for download

It's not available in Australia just yet but in the US, a new research company is offering mum-and-dad investors and financial planners access to data that reveals the investment secrets of high net worth investors. Robert Huebscher, the founder of ...

Govt slams Labor on ASIC budget cuts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... prosecutions for breaches. "ASIC perform a vital role ensuring that all shareholders, from sophisticated large investors to mum and dad investors, can have confidence in the integrity of the marketplace. Labor's incompetence would decimate ASIC's capacity ...

Ord Minnett STRIPES steps up the pace in Asia

Ord Minnett's STRIPES Asia Accelerator fund posted a 30 per cent gain over the past 12 months, proving that even though the 'Asia boom' story may be a well-worn theme the returns certainly aren't wearing out. STRIPES Asia Accelerator invests in five ...

Access all asset classes: Vanguard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... likely cancel out any possibly alpha as well as leaving the ordinary investor with tax management issues. "If you are a mum and dad investor, I don't know why you would want an actively managed portfolio," Duffield said.

PIS' Edmondson wins 2006 AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
... practice, Edmondson has developed his own insurance software packages designed to assist other planners in servicing the "mum and dad" risk market as well as the business insurance market. Commenting on the judging of the AFA 2006 Adviser of the Year ...

SRI needs clarification: Finsia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... responsible investment if the sector demystified its messages. Specifically, the research conducted by ANOP revealed that 'mum and dad' investors would be more likely to invest in the SRI sector if they understood more about the concepts and the performance ...