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Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... legal and organizational 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 ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... remaining countries said although they expected the markets to perform positively, they did not expect the same strong returns received six months ago. The IPO market across Asia remains buoyant with nearly 90 per cent of Hong Kong respondents claimed ...

Industry funds on top again

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... sector, with eight funds in the top 10 performers over three years. MTAA's balanced option came out on top, with 18 per cent returns over three years, with Acumen Corporate Super the best-ranked master trust in 17th place, though that is ironically the ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... Indeed, at this larger end of the market, other issues-like better plan governance and the potential for resultant higher returns-can have a more sizable impact than a few basis points saving in administration fees." "The fact that a significant number ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al Gore came to the scene, LGSS has been championing ...

The future of wealth management

... the government's simpler super tax reforms saw super contributions last year jump to an estimated $119 billion. "Add a returns environment where even balanced funds are averaging 15 per cent and it's easy to see why the industry just goes from strength ...

SPEC(Q) delivers electrifying returns

... Queensland's electro-technology sectors, has grown by over 40 per cent in 2006/07, at a time when the fund returned double-digit returns in the fourth consecutive year. It has been a busy year for the fund, which grew assets from $288 million to more ...

Back to basics: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... of the last two decades, according to visiting Vanguard chairman and chief executive Jack Brennan. Brennan said while returns over the last 25 years have been 50 per cent greater than expected in the US and over 40 per cent higher in Australia, the recent ...

MLC gives clients $6.4m bonus

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... $6.4 million in fund manager rebates to customers over the last twelve months, almost half of its $13.4 million-plus in returns over the past three years. More than forty of the funds listed on MLC's MasterKey and MasterKey Custom platforms give a rebate ...

Governance returns sour Asian alternatives outlook

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... classes, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey, citing inadequate governance and a feeling diversification will dilute returns. 51 per cent of respondents in Hong Kong listed poor governance as one of the reasons for avoiding alternatives, while 50 ...