1.   Although Dragon is only about half the size of Drayton Asia, its superior investment performance has got the bid off to a good start.

2.   Along with costs, a critical factor is investment performance.

3.   And it stops short of turning Social Security into a properly funded retirement scheme in which benefits are linked either to contributions or to investment performance.

4.   Another key issue for Fleet will be investment performance.

5.   As a result, their investment performance tails off.

6.   A combination of disappointing investment performance and the defection of key managers has American investors looking beyond Fidelity when they think of mutual funds.

7.   A heavy commitment to lackluster foreign stocks held down the investment performance of the California Public Employees Retirement System last year.

8.   A spokesman took issue with the relatively short period of time in question and said Fidelity believed it was making improvements in its investment performance overall.

9.   But there was serious grumbling on campus about stodgy management and poor investment performance.

10.   But, Eichler said, most people are simply looking for a strong investment performance.