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Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... investing: ESG framework and applications - found that an ESG overlay affects country allocation and can improve the ESG performance of a sovereign debt portfolio without significantly impacting on quality and duration. The rules-based reputational screen ...

Oil price spike won't spoil Aussie equity party

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... 2012 by the strength of global demand and the decreased global economic risk." He warned that the strong recent performance of equity markets opens investors up to the more serious risk of paying too much for shares. "History has demonstrated conclusively ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... to release labour force figures for January, and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association its performance of construction index (PCI) for January and the National Australia Bank December its quarter business survey. In equities news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... international trade in goods and services and house prices, and the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due to be released. In equities news, Cochlear, Primary Health Care ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong performance of equity markets in 2012. The index of Australian shares rose 3.3% in December to finish the year up 19.7%. International ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics' producer prices indexes for the December quarter. The Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index and the RP Data-Rismark's home prices, both for January, are also expected. Westpac chief economist ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... institutions. Institutional investors in Asia also showed renewed optimism, pushing the local index up 3.9 points. Strong performance of financial markets was not enough to prompt an uptick in Europe however, where institutional investors' confidence ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... that the Australian dollar would in fact come closer to parity over the next 12 months. Buoyed by the surprising performance of the US economy in the recent weeks and a strengthening in the greenback, he predicted a fall to US$0.96 cents.

Hyperion AM most-improved for 2012: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... were favored, Brisbane-based Hyperion rose from 115 to finish out 2012 at number 7 on the table, which clocked the performance of 138 Australian equities managers. Key to Hyperion's success was sticking with the companies in the portfolio that have predictable ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
Satisfaction with the financial performance of Retail Super Funds in November 2012 was 41.6%, the lowest level since July 2004, well behind Industry Funds (49.0%) and Self Managed Super Funds (69.1%), a new report reveals. Based on over 30,000 interviews ...