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US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Capital Advisors and Citadel Investments have since been raided. And overnight, the scandal took another twist with mutual fund providers receiving subpoenas from the Department of Justice. Janus Capital, which has an office in Melbourne, confirmed in ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
One of the country's most respected equity fund managers has lamented that its retail business is facing "intense" competition from bank term deposits. "While Platinum continues to attract positive retail net fund inflows the competition from bank term ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Investors make some of their investment decisions based on whether they support the political party in power or not, academic research shows. The School of Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors ...

Vanguard chairman to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... and was the 12th largest fund management company. Today it manages $US 1.7 trillion worldwide and is now the largest mutual fund manager in the US." Duffield noted that Australia was Vanguard's first non-US venture, yet today the firm serves clients ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
A new theory argues that a large single trade in futures markets did not cause the "flash crash" of May 6 where US equity markets dramatically declined and recovered in a matter of minutes. In a recent inquiry into the abnormal market behaviour, the ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Another week, another bad start for Wall Street as the bears continue to loiter the financial playground, scaring the bulls away from the equities roller coaster ride and directing them into the bond market fun house. With no major data release out ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The global exchange traded fund (ETF) industry hit the US$1 trillion mark this month and product providers predict the launch of fixed income ETFs this year and next will drive the sector's mainstream appeal. At the end of July 2010, the global ETF ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
An analysis of US-based mutual fund flows has found the lowest cost mutual funds attract more flows than their more expensive counterparts, proving that in the battle between fees and return, fees do matter. The Vanguard Investments report found the ...

SEC launches derivatives review

SEC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing the use of derivatives by mutual funds, exchange traded funds and investment firms. SEC staff will explore a number of issues relating to the investment strategy and the regulations imposed ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... said. Founded in Turin as 'Studio Giubergia', Ersel focuses on asset management services. In 1983 it set up the first mutual fund management company authorised in Italy and, in 2000, was one of the pioneers in the hedge fund sector. With a staff of 170 ...