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Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
A new survey from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stated the majority of people who switch funds do so due to brand power and fees. The survey, titled 'Super Decisions: Communicating with Customers and Effective Disclosure' ...

RBC Dexia wins $5.6bn custody mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Insurance Alliance subsidiary IA Clarington Investment and taking out the 'Top-Rated' award in Global Custodian magazine's 2007 Major Markets Agent Bank Review. Gavin Foo, senior vice-president, finance and chief financial officer of IA Clarington Investments ...

BlackRock inches closer to global SMA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... the top five largest investment managers in the world, is that its global scale meant access to trading desks in various major markets. Heffernan stressed that the technology will not change and that the current software will be used to run the featu ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
The Australian share market remained in record territory at noon, propelled upwards by the big miners and major banks, after stronger markets in the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 36.9 points to 6575.0 and had ...

Generation fund gets three-stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
The Generation Global Sustainability fund has received a three-star rating from Standard & Poor's and an "approved" recommendation from Zenith. The fund is distributed exclusively in Australia by Colonial First State (CFS). It is managed by US-based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... cent oil price increase offered a boost to energy shares. The dollar falling to a record low also gave some help to the major energy services companies and major oil producers, with Exxon Mobil Corp and global oil service leader Schlumberger Ltd making ...

Living in a volatile world: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... principal portfolio manager of the new Pengana Global Volatility Fund that is due to launch in the next few weeks. While the major driver of the volatility is sub-prime fall-out, what's raised it to such high levels is how it's coinciding with inflationary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... Australian stock exchange. The Australian stock market continued its record run yesterday, underpinned by solid gains from major miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished 31.5 points higher at a record 6483, eclipsing ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... said. But Australia's more mature financial services sector has a "once in an era" opportunity to cement its place as a major player in the developing Indian market, especially when you realise the country-to-country ties we have and how Australia's ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... you would not believe it." Tagliaferro said investors and investment managers of today were not in the market during the major corrections of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which could explain current market attitudes and trends. "Most investment people ...