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Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... structures to comply with the rules, which cost funds "100 to 200 basis points a year" in lost returns. "Over the past decade, we are talking about billions of dollars of lost income," he said. "These rules are not only commercially bizarre, they're ...

Back to basics: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
Investors may have had a great run over the last twenty-five years, but the 20-year anniversary of 'Black Tuesday' reinforced the need to look back and learn the lessons of the last two decades, according to visiting Vanguard chairman and chief executive ...

UK closes PE tax "loophole"

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007

Singapore's wealthy to defy global downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... country. The report said Singapore's recent growth reflected the country's full recovery from its problems earlier this decade and was now set for further growth. "Singapore is definitely a country that is dependent on outside countries, external economies ...

Financial Simplicity completes Avanteos trio

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... experience. "Having advised many platforms and then founded and been instrumental to the growth of Avanteos over the past decade, Jason brings a wealth of practical experience, industry and commercial knowledge to Financial Simplicity, who are now engaged ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

... example, are higher than in most European markets. Labour rates in India and China are also marginally higher than they were a decade ago. The local funds management industry can drastically cut average administration costs by automation. A SWIFT pilot ...

Climate change to cost $50bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... insured by Allianz' were affected by storm and floods damage. "The cost of insured losses will rise significantly in the next decade due to an increase in the number and severity of weather-related natural catastrophes as a result of climate change," ...

Aussie LPTs top of the pops

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Investors who put money in Australian listed property nearly three decades ago can quietly pat themselves on the back, with Russell research showing the category outperformed all others over the last 26 years. While the traditional risk/return logic ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... asset class. For example, while the commercial property sector has been the strongest-performing asset class over the past decade, Cruikshank predicts that long term returns are going to be "more modest". Last year, the number of Australian property ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... The personal saving rate has fallen from an average of 9.1 percent in the 1980s to an average of 1.7 percent so far this decade," the report said. "Between the same periods, the ratio of total household debt to aggregate personal income rose from 0.6 ...