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UBS Australia imports global strength

... against the US-based Dynamic Alpha Strategy (DAS) portfolio, which was set up in 2003, amid the tech wreck days when US investors wanted an alternative to traditional managed funds. Flying in from the US to explain the fund's investment strategy is the ...

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The world economy may no longer revolve around the US as investors' eyes turn elsewhere - US investors are finally noticing Europe's investment image makeover with some Western European economies proving particularly attractive. Where America has often ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Research just released by the US-based Investment Companies Institute (ICI) reveals that investors in the US and Australia seem to be struggling with the same information frustrations. The findings from the research, conducted in February 2006 from ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
The wild gyration that has characterised financial market trading activity since mid-May continued to make its presence felt last week. Trading in stock and commodity markets remained highly volatile with prices swinging wildly. Anxious investors sold ...

US property giant signs up for Aussie expertise

... and the US," said Craig Dunstan, MacarthurCook's managing director. Dunstan added RMR Asia Pacific would appeal to US investors because Asia-Pacific real estate securities have a low correlation to US real estate investment trusts (REITs). On a separate ...

US fund fees plummet 50 per cent in 25 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... channels. Research just released by the US Investment Company Institute (ICI) reveals that total average fees by US investors has fallen from 2.32 per cent in 1980 to 1.13 per cent in 2005. The fee drop is because, said the ICI, "investors pay much less ...

New Perpetual business scores local and Irish win

Irish Life, the largest distributor of pensions and investment products in Ireland has appointed Perpetual Trustees' new global equities business, PI Investment Management (PIIML), as an external manager. The appointment follows van Eyk's recent decision ...

S&P begins consultation on management of News index move

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
Equity index provider Standard & Poor\'s on Tuesday reassured anxious investors any change in News Corp listing on key Australian stock indices will occur proportionally. Responding to concerns News Corp\'s likely removal from benchmark indices would ...

Westpac completes $US525 million tier one securities offer

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... years, after which time the rate resets to a margin above LIBOR. Westpac said the offer received strong interest from US investors with over 90 investors participating in the transaction. The offer marks the bank's third hybrid capital security issue ...

Navigator launches new "safety" fund for cautious investors

Navigator has announced the addition of a new fund designed to help shelter investors from the downside of turbulent markets. The Safety First Performance Fund is the first time that Navigator has added a capital protected fund to the range of funds ...