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MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... downturn, he said the eight fund managers they have reviewed use contrasting investment styles. "Some have a large exposure to the top stocks in the LPT index while others chose to be underweight in those same stocks," he said. So far, the sector is ...

Past performance still a bad future indicator: S&P

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... (S&P) latest persistence scorecard for mutual funds in the US continues to show very few funds managed to consistently repeat top-half or top-quartile performance. According to the scorecard over the five years ending December 2006 only 13 per cent of ...

Mortgage funds not justifying fees: Aviva

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... managers are familiar household names with resilient, stable processes run by highly experienced investment teams that at the top end have broadly delivered satisfactory performance over a long period," remarked Stuart. Aviva awarded a four star rating ...

First SEQUAL approved broker

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Western Australian mortgage broker Pauline Murray, of Horizon Mortgage Planners, has become the first Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) accredited mortgage consultant in Australia. Murray received the accreditation after ...

Telstra Super surges past $10b

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... year while in the 12 months to the end of December we did even better, with six out of eight investment options ranked in the top five funds for their respective classes." The super fund is set to continue growing, announcing it had recently acquired ...

Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Investors want companies to start giving them more cash back, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. According to the results from the Merrill Lynch Global and Regional Fund Manager Survey 53 per cent of investors would prefer companies ...

Lehman Brothers acquires Grange Securities

... fixed interest, equities, corporate advisory, asset management and private investor services. Last year it was ranked as the top Australian issuer of credit linked notes by AsiaRisk magazine. Michelle Baltazar

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... July 2007, members who have not provided their TFN to their super fund will be hit with an additional 31.5 per cent tax on top of the normal 15 per cent contributions tax. In a submission to the Senate Economics Committee Mercer has recommended that ...

Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

... But asset quality and gearing levels are just two of many factors influencing bank performance. The report noted that the top six banks remain "well-capitalised" and buffered from the worst-case scenario by their diversified income streams. Michelle ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund, the Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund, both received the top rating from S&P, the only fund of hedge funds from a field of 25 that S&P assigned the top rating. Simon Scott, S&P fund ...