Credit crisis still hurting funds

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IRELAND - Irish pension funds have continued to suffer from the credit crisis with poor progress made over the first eight months of 2007, according to new data.

Rubicon Investment Consulting said that among the ten main managed fund providers, returns during August ranged from -1.3%, produced by Bank of Ireland Asset Management, and 0.1% achieved by Setant...

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