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Rocketing small caps slow big cap funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Strong small cap performance in the last three years has dragged down a large cap manager's performance relative to the index, according to data from research software provider Inalytics. The discovery came when a UK pension fund client asked Inalytics ...

CommBank gets online upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Riding on the increase in user traffic, the Commonwealth Bank has rolled out a series of IT upgrades to its website, designed to improve online security and cut by nearly half the time spent by customers navigating through their various web pages. The ...

MLC gives clients $6.4m bonus

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
MLC has returned over $6.4 million in fund manager rebates to customers over the last twelve months, almost half of its $13.4 million-plus in returns over the past three years. More than forty of the funds listed on MLC's MasterKey and MasterKey Custom ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
The Australian dollar opened at its strongest level since 1984 today to start the week well above 90 US cents as an optimistic outlook for the global economy fuelled demand for high interest rate currencies. The Australian dollar then reached a new ...

Principal goes beyond property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Principal Global Investors is set to go beyond its traditional property and income products with the launch of a new emerging markets fund and global equities fund early next year. The global equities fund will be a true first for the company in Australia ...

Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
A new survey from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stated the majority of people who switch funds do so due to brand power and fees. The survey, titled 'Super Decisions: Communicating with Customers and Effective Disclosure' ...

Westpac jumps in to save RAMS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Westpac has thrown a lifeline to troubled home loan lender RAMS Home Loans, offering to buy the franchise distribution arm for $140 million in cash. The purchase will include the RAMS brand, franchise network and associated mortgage origination, servicing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained on positive ground at noon after US indices finished higher and local banking stocks and big miners lifted. By 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 58 points to 6539.4 and the All Ordinaries firmed ...

CBA counting on NAB and Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
National Australia Bank and Westpac may not be that likely to wind up their contract to source stockbroking services from IWL even once Commonwealth Bank takes control of the supplier of broking technology solutions. That, at least, is the view of the ...

Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
The US sub-prime crisis is stretching its tentacles across the globe and is starting to reach mortgage borrowers as far afield as Australia and in the UK. Not because these countries have a sub-prime problem per se but because the US wholesale credit ...