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Direct investors dump managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Share Ownership Survey. The survey found there are 5 million Australians who directly own shares, 2 million more than a decade ago. But indirect ownership through managed funds has plummeted through the period by the same amount from 4.3 million to 2.2 ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Standard & Poor's warning for you to realise that there's a debt problem in the USA, where were you in the past month, year, decade, two decades? The bottom line is that this is much ado about a known known. The upside, it's another dip-buying op for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... the Housing Industry Association and RP Data said Australian residential land sales had reached their lowest level in a decade, almost halving from a year earlier, a housing report shows. Retailer Woolworths Ltd reaffirmed its full year earnings guidance ...

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Glennon, was an experienced and capable manager. "(He) has demonstrated an ability to outperform the market across more than a decade of small-cap investing," he said. Glennon is supported by senior analyst Jeremy McNally. Huynh sounded a note of caution ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... at 2 times price to book, now it's at 1 times. Over 20 years it has averaged around 1.7 times so today it's at a multi decade low," said Buckland. The Asian Value Trust is invested in a wide range of industries from water filtration to sports shoes and ...

Capital at risk in emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... demographics that show the population of the region was overwhelmingly young. "It's a youth revolution." "Egypt just had its best decade of growth and it still had mass unrest." Turtelboom said the conditions in the Middle East were replicated in other ...

Super conference ends on a high

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... results. When asked if the Stronger Super reforms would set the sector up to deliver best practice outcomes over the next decade for members, only 61 per cent of audience members agreed, with 29 per cent neutral and 10 per cent disagreeing, the AIST ...

Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... outperformance. Solaris has experience managing ethical portfolios, having done so for faith-based organisations for over a decade at Suncorp. "This kind of experience means we are very familiar with the drivers that influence the assessment of ESG factors ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Thousands of 100-year-old baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper marks another turning point in superannuation history when it created a new 'head of policy' role, yet another sign that the country's largest super fund is taking on a leadership role in an industry set to manage trillions of dollars ...