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Vanguard arms investors with Plain Talk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Index manager Vanguard joins the growing list of investment companies championing investor financial literacy when it launched a line of educational materials based on their popular Plain Talk Guide format. The guides cover seven different topics including ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... analysis that assess risk adjusted returns, governance, disclosure and processes behind the manager. The manager achieving the top overall score is declared the winner.

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... return strategy will pursue potential alpha sources across securities in various sectors and global markets. It will use both top-down allocation decisions and bottom-up security selection on a tactical and strategic basis. Robert Waldner, Franklin Templeton ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... the fall, with the slightly weaker Dow Jones giving no real guidance. "The banks are obviously lower (but), in fact, in the top 20 there isn't a single solitary stock I can see that has gone up, so it is spread across the board," he said. "I think there's ...

Industry funds on top again

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... amount of money that can make a significant difference over a member's working life," he said. Industry funds also came out on top in the default sector, with eight funds in the top 10 performers over three years. MTAA's balanced option came out on top ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket dipped yesterday amid a lack of corporate news, with investors waiting for details on top-10 takeover targets, Sky City Entertainment and Auckland Airport. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed down 8.7 points, or ...

IFSA to release new guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... improve the compliance culture and the outcomes." The board's decision to issue the guidelines follows two changes at the top of the IFSA board, with Perpetual Investment Management's managing director, David Deverall, appointed as the new chairman and ...

Mercer opens new TAP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... has launched a new transition to retirement allocated pension, offering investors a range of advice and education extras on top of their regular investment services. The product will offer 34 investment options across several asset classes, including ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... Poor's 500 Index was up 2.71 points at 1,541.24. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 28.76 points at 2,792.67. LONDON - Britain's top share index rose one per cent as brewer Scottish & Newcastle leapt after rivals Carlsberg and Heineken said they planned ...

Automate at ILOG speed

... of rules but French software company ILOG has come up with ways to help mortgage brokers, insurers and stockbrokers keep on top of each and every one of them. Visiting Sydney mid this year, ILOG's founding chief executive Pierre Haren explained how the ...