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Small cap oversight costs significant alpha

... quant analysis reveals the fund manager's inherent biases and whether their overall and long-term returns are due to skill or luck. "We do the analysis and it's up to the super fund to decide whether they are satisfied with the fund manager's performance ...

Ex-State Street sales head joins Citi

Citi has appointed a former State Street head of sales as its new vice president of sales, Citi Prime Finance. Trevor Harrison joined Citi last week and is reporting to John Gregory, director of Citi's Prime Finance business. Prior to joining City ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... impact portfolios like random shots, introducing performance volatility that makes skill even harder to distinguish from luck." On the upside, Goddard said the rush of private equity 'raiders' into the listed market is driving chief executives to 'think' ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that industry ...

Private equity shakes up public markets

Who are the ultimate winners in the private equity boom? Corporate adviser and company director Linda Nicholls said the answer lies in the story about pirates and the 'little shark'. She said pirates and private equity players have a lot in common because ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
In a bid to ensure the supply of farm labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose ...

Hands off our turf: Westpac

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Kevin Rudd, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security, won a lot of votes from a hardened crowd at yesterday's annual Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference by unveiling a plan to rebuild Australia's ...

Navigator adds lucky seven

In response to adviser demand for a broader range of managed funds to choose from, platform group Navigator has added not one but seven new funds into its fund list this month. The funds are Basis Australia-Rim Opportunity, Basis Yield, INVESCO Wholesale ...

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