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Net retail sales slumped nearly 40% last year to their lowest level in three years, according the IMA's annual figures.
First State’s Martin Lau has beaten stars including Invesco Perpetual’s Neil Woodford and Neptune’s Robin Geffen to see his Greater China Growth fund ranked the most consistent performer over the three years to the end of 2011.
Equity funds experienced their highest ever outflows of retail money in November as investors pulled out their cash in droves amid the ongoing eurozone crisis.
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