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China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... participating in Bloomberg's survey A3/4 some are even saying "today's the day."' However, according David de Garis of nabCapital research, "the recent acceleration in consumer prices reflects higher food price (for example meat and grain prices) owing ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... financial year, while Australian equity options averaged nearly double at a staggering 27.5 per cent. Associate director of research at Rainmaker, Andrew Keevers, said only the 1996-97 results bettered those of the last financial year, when funds averaged ...

Local investors still call Australia home

... from the report 'Profile of Private Wealth in Australia: An Insights and Trends Study, which was conducted by Taverner Research and commissioned by Macquarie Private Wealth. It surveyed the investment behaviours and attitudes of high net worth individuals ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... for liquidity, but consequentially the capacity constraints of long-only investment managers. The Asia Pacific equity research team at JPMorgan describe 'stock velocity' as the number of times a stock trades its market capitalisation per year, and this ...

Credit Suisse pumps up roster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... investment specialist for managed fundsequities Rene Pyszko and David McDonald, who will also join as vice president and research analyst later this month. Marcel Kreis, head of private banking Asia Pacific, said Australia's position as one of Credit ...

Good times keep rolling for ASX funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
The resources boom and one-off gains from merger and acquisition activity underpinned the fourth consecutive year of above-20 per cent returns for the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with the market benchmark posting a heady 29.2 per cent, said ...

Advisers urged to exit UBS Aussie fund

... Australian-equities team walk out was head of equities Paul Fiani and four other senior members: portfolio manager Shawn Burns, head of research John Moran, investment analyst Marcus Truman and emerging companies portfolio manager Mark Buizen. "Staff ...

INVESCO Asian fund placed on hold

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... Kong chief investment officer. Patrick Shum's departure is a significant event, according to S&P, and the ratings and research house will be monitoring events at INVESCO closely over the short term. "Shum is considered a significant departure, for he ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... is far from the case today and another emerging trend as we approach full employment is a decline in early retirement. Research by ABN AMRO's chief economist, Kieran Davies, reveals the proportion of working age population participation has been rising ...