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Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... survey showed properly developed investment beliefs, scale and efficient implementation ranked below the three factors listed above in their effect on returns.

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... September 11 terrorist attacks. The scramble for liquidity started yesterday in Europe, as money-market rates moved well above the ECB's 4 per cent target and this move was needed to bring credit conditions back in line with central-bank policy. Goldman ...

Hip to be outside the square

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... in assets, Hip Super and Intrust, showed up the big brands with returns of 18 per cent each, a full 3 percentage points above the market average. Ross Bernays, chief executive of Hip Super, said the focus on large funds misses the point that small funds ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... CAC-40 index closed at 5,749.29 points, up 128.89 or 2.29 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average rose 0.64 per cent to close above 17,000 for the first time in a week, as Federal Reserve comments eased concerns about a slowing US economy. The Nikkei rose ...

Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... not-for-profit funds in the top ranks has also pushed them to achieve a segment average of 15.9 per cent, 190 basis points above the average return for master trusts. The low master trust outcome, however, is dragged down by some master trusts continuing ...

Plan B gets growing in New Zealand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... clients." Plan B shares soared 40 per cent on listing to close at $1.40 on the first day's trade. They are currently trading above $1.50.

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
China continues to blitz market expectations with GDP growth in the June quarter coming in at 11.9 per cent, well above the expected 11.0 per cent and their strongest growth since Q3 1994. China's industrial production also expanded by 1.3 per cent ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... re-development, (of which CFS will contribute $220 million). Provision will also be made for future office accommodation or other uses above the Lonsdale Street retail development. "Rarely in Australia is an opportunity presented to invest in such a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... Jones industrial average was down 53.33 points, or 0.38 per cent, to end at 13,918.22, a day after it hit an intraday high above 14,000. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 3.20 points, or 0.21 per cent, to finish at 1,546.17. The Nasdaq Composite ...

Local investors still call Australia home

... Macquarie Private Wealth. It surveyed the investment behaviours and attitudes of high net worth individuals or those with above $500,000 in investable assets. Macquarie Private Wealth national practice manager Doug Webber said that despite the local ...