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Platypus leads pack with 44.4 per cent return

A little-known Sydney-based fund manager Platypus Asset Management has beaten the big guns to take the top spot in Intech's fund manager performance league tables this year. According to Intech's figures on the best performers in the Australian equities ...

ASIC gets active against small companies

Financial services watchdog ASIC has ramped up regulatory actions against people misleading creditors and consumers. ASIC has announced that it has successfully prosecuted 109 company officers and imposed more than $221,000 in fines and costs in the ...

Weekly economic roundup

Australian financial markets largely ignored second-tier domestic data released last week in favour of the more market moving decisions by the US Federal Reserve and by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Last week, the US Federal ...

Global investor confidence drops in September: State Street

State Street's Investor Confidence Index revealed that global investor confidence is down 1.3 points this month, from August's reading of 85.3, after a substantial European drop affected global figures. Asia-Pacific's institutional investor's risk appetite ...

UK pension funds weaker than Oz

... shown that UK pension funds returned 7 per cent in the year to date. By contrast, Australia's super funds returned a higher figure of 12.2 per cent over the same period, according to the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper Default Option Index. Although this would ...

Women retirees worse off than men: Citibank

Women may make better drivers than men but they fail to apply the same level of precaution when it comes to their retirement, at least according to the latest Citibank research on retirement savings. The report, which looked at the retirement savings ...

KPMG State of Investment Management Industry

KPMG has released its annual Investment Management Industry report, highlighting the Super Choice changes to the superannuation and managed funds market. The report focuses on the swathe of new Government regulations, including public education programs ...

Economic roundup

Last week, financial markets received confirmation Australia has crossed over the speed bump it hit in the December quarter of last year through to the first quarter of 2005. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National ...

Industry funds continue to outperform

Industry funds, boosted by lower average fees and investment outperformance in their diversified options, continue to add more member net benefits on average than master trusts, according to research just released by Industry Funds Services. The research ...

Hedge Funds open to the retail market

... and we see this as a real growth area," says Kovacs. The fund currently has $92 million under advice. Kovacs expects the figure to grow to over $500 million in the next two years which will be sourced from both domestic and offshore investors including ...