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Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... Highlighting the power transition, McKinsey has just released a report arguing that the expanding role of pension funds, mutual funds, oil-rich countries and Asian central banks is redefining how the global economy should be managed. This is because ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... people have any retirement savings and most of this is in either government sponsored funds holding sovereign bonds or mutual funds. But where this may be specially enticing for Australian investors is in the area of alternative energy because the Indian ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... India's savings rates that exceeds 20 per cent the potential for the sector seems clear cut. This momentum helped push mutual funds in India to double last year to reach US$140 billion. "Going by the latest trends it can only get better from here. Over ...

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... "India's regulatory structure can be compared to where Australia was perhaps in the early 1980s," he said. However, the mutual funds market in India may not be strong enough to lead the improvements in regulation on their own as it may require banking ...

Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... (RI) has outpaced funds flow into non-RI funds in Europe. "Net new money into European responsible investing (RI) mutual funds increased three times faster than new money into non-RI mutual funds between 2004 and 2006," said Raj Thamotheram, director ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... India-Australia Financial Forum, supported by the Australia New Zealand Business Association of India, the Association of Mutual Funds of India, India Equities Fund Ltd, Bombay Stock Exchange, Kotak Banking Group and ICRA Online Ratings. The Forum will ...

Mainland China and HK unite for mutual funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Chinese financial institutions gathered in Hong Kong for the "co-operation and exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong asset management industry" forum to discuss the future of the industry and China's emerging role in the global economy. "This ...

Schroders distributes into China through Citibank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Schroder Investment Management is partnering with Citibank to launch a suite of six mutual funds that will be distributed in China through Citibank's customer networks. The Citibank QDII Product - Schroder International Selection Fund will contain the ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... not-for-profit and retail funds worldwide, he said Canadian and American defined benefit funds consistently beat mutual funds by 2.66 per cent over 10 years, while Canadian defined benefit funds outperformed mutual funds by 3.8 per cent. Much of this ...

US fund fees plummet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Fees and expenses for US mutual funds plummeted to their lowest levels in more than a quarter century in 2006, according to new research just released by the Investment Company Institute in the US. "Stock fund investors on average paid 107 basis points ...