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Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... revolution and the huge falls in operating costs," he said. "For heaven's sake, it's no different than Amazon selling books versus Dymocks. Innovation happens and price disruption occurs. We need to move on." DGI runs a single global equity portfolio ...

$1.5 billion given away by PAFs since launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... average annual return on corpus investments of around 8.5% before costs since establishment, an outperformance of around 1.6% versus a hypothetical diversified portfolio. JBWere found that many PAFs are doing more than simply making annual distributions ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... knee-jerk reaction in the financial markets, a reaction clearly demonstrated by the appreciation in the Australian dollar versus the greenback to US$88.61 (from US$87.91) immediately after the inflation report was released. Look ma, there's a swallow! ...

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... revealed that between 1980 and 2012, the share of income going to the richest one percent in Australia rose more than 80% versus about 140% in the US and around 75% in third placed Sweden. The total share of national income going to the richest one percent ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... holding a small allocation to hedge funds which are uncorrelated to wider markets and which offer greater defensive qualities versus traditional equity products. "Pension funds and other institutions are much more risk averse and have increasingly demanded ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... performing asset classes of 2013 with the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index rising 45.04% in Australian dollar terms versus 23.26% from the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. The report also revealed that the majority of retail investors are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... oil producer. The generally positive sentiment sent the yen sinking against the dollar, while it also hit a four-year low versus the euro. Tokyo jumped 1.54 per cent, or 237.41 points, to 15,619.13, its highest close since May 22. Sydney gained 0.32 ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... months to 31 October, the MSCI Emerging Market (Net Dividend) Index has returned just 16.66% in Australian dollar terms versus 37.72% from the MSCI World (Net Dividend) Index. However, AllianceBernstein's Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team head Harting ...