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Small cap funds not driven by skill: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
According to van Eyk, the performance of small cap funds will be dictated by market conditions rather than the skill of the managers. New research by van Eyk into small cap managers has revealed most have large factor biases and, while they will outperform ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
The market is expected to open lower following mixed base and precious metal prices overnight. Holiday-shortened trading on the US share market and the closure of the US mercantile market ahead of the July 4 public holiday will leave the local bourse ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as higher precious metal and oil prices on Friday feed into the rampant resources sector. Also financial stocks are expected to be firmer ahead of earnings from a couple of the major banks and one of the ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

A recent survey has found that the number of investors reading annual reports is on the decline, suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

It took a long time but the proposed changes to the Financial Services Regulation (FSR), which promised to reduce the compliance burden on the industry while also being more consumer-friendly, were finally passed on as law this week. In a 10-page statement ...

First Choice tops $20b

Lower fees, shorter transaction turnarounds and client reporting times all helped FirstChoice finish the year with a record $20 billion in funds under management. "Our success has been built on a simple premise - we offer competitive fees, a focused ...

Keep it short and simple: ASIC

Financial services regulator ASIC has made changes to the Corporations Act that will allow providers of general financial product advice to provide shorter, simpler general advice warning when they give oral general advice. 'By focussing on the core ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a lacklustre performance last week as the US celebrated a Thanksgiving holiday-shortened week. Domestic trading activity was uneventful throughout the week with only the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) new ...

S&P expands ratings team

Standard & Poor's (S&P) have expanded their fund ratings team by appointing two new analysts to their Melbourne office, ahead of some scheduled changes to their internal ratings procedures next year. Ben Sheehan and Lee Comper add to the existing team ...

Yes you can predict top performing funds, almost

Research just released by Rainmaker and SelectingSuper reveals that choosing super funds based upon long term returns may not be as heretical as it seems. In their latest Benchmarking report they report that provided you focus on long term return rankings ...