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Janus pools $660m in Global Research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... group's overzealous risk approach, combined with effective stock selection, has paid dividends. Last year the Global Research Growth Portfolio outperformed its benchmark by 8.8 per cent. The portfolios also fared well when the returns are dissected based ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... offering a flat, inflexible $1/week scheme built around affordability, where members were either in or out. REST had to research claims history, remarriage rates and take into account member needs over their life-cycle. They then worked out a strategy ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... of most concern within the Australian context is its very low metrics score. The global benchmark is based on detailed research, conducted by Connection Research and RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), of more than 630 CIOs and senior IT managers ...

Regrets, I've had a few

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... their 40s and 50s underestimate their life expectancy rates and are likely to outlive their savings. Investment Trends research suggest many Australian retirees only factor in saving enough for eight years of retirement when, in fact, they need to prepare ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... continued making gains, with spot gold trading throughout the morning above $1,450 per ounce. Australian Stock Report head of research, Geoff Saffer, said the market had not moved much in morning trade, unaffected by the Australian dollar reaching a ...

Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... case that has the potential to destroy a major plank of superannuation legislation, an industry body said today. Market research company Roy Morgan Research has challenged the ATO, saying the super guarantee charge is not a tax and the Federal Government ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Research firms are putting more resources into rating ETFs as more financial advisers and dealer group shift more of their clients' funds into ETFs and away from comparable unitised and unlisted products. Lonsec, Morningstar and Standard & Poors are ...

Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... into bank accounts and independently managed accounts (IMAs), industry watchers said yesterday. According to Rainmaker research, $86.4 billion dollars flowed into bank deposits in the December quarter last year, compared with $40.8 billion in the September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... explosion last November killed 29 men. The market did not react to the release of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's quarterly business survey, which showed a decline in sentiment after Christchurch's devastating earthquake but was not ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... wealth funds risk having their assets frozen by the international community. James White, analyst, investment markets research for CFS global asset management, said this could result in a loss of fees for those who manage their mandates. Last month Libya's ...