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Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), regulated funds reporting in 2002. Since then the SEC has required mutual funds to disclose in their prospectuses after-tax returns in three ways: on a one, five and ten year basis; on a before-tax ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... from the research, conducted in February 2006 from an in-home survey of 737 randomly selected investors who currently held mutual funds, show that despite the growing amount of information fund managers and pension funds are presenting to investors ...

Dow Jones launches Aussie dividend index

... the performance of the 30 highest dividend-yielding companies in Australia and is designed to be the underlying index for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). "Traditionally, Australian companies are known for high dividend payouts. The Dow ...

The feeling is mutual: Aust Unity

Australian Unity will remain a mutual company after a consultation with its members found that less than a third were in favour of a demutualisation. Six months ago the group issued a report to members which examined the pros and cons of staying a mutual ...

AXA appoints head of underwriting

... spans 22 years in financial services and covers a variety of underwriting roles. He commenced with AXA in 1992 (National Mutual) and was appointed to his first underwriting management role in 1995. Pearson will be based in Melbourne and hopes to improve ...

CARE and Vision break off merger talks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
... proposed merger. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of CARE Super, and Michael Tilley, chairman of Vision Super, announced that the mutual decision not to merge had been arrived at after lengthy discussions dating back to December last year. Initially the ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
... attendees at the Rainmaker Information Marketing Symposium. He looked back to the industry's inception when AMP and National Mutual were the only two slugging it out, to the evolution which brought us the vast array of players now active. Recently, he ...

SEQUAL refurnishes with new chairs

... Seniors Finance, Vision Equity Living, Macquarie, Mariner Retirement Solutions, OFM Investment Group (formerly the Over 50s Mutual), and RESI Mortgage Corporation.

US fund fees plummet 50 per cent in 25 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
US mutual fund fees have plummeted 50 per cent in the past 25 years, driven down by market competition and the impact of changing distribution channels. Research just released by the US Investment Company Institute (ICI) reveals that total average fees ...

Aust Scholarships Group waves goodbye to founder

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... children and parents and has lobbied government on issues of education and taxation. During Tyler's time with ASG, the mutual organisation has grown in size and scope and today manages more than $1.5 billion in assets under management. It was ranked ...