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Second PM Capital LIC now trading on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... (EAF), which has achieved a total return of 188.9%, since its inception in 2008, which compares against the MSCI Asia (ex Japan) Equity Index (Net Dividends Reinvested, AUD) total return of 16.6% (as at 30 April 2014).

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... inflation gives them legroom to keep policy easy for quite a while still. 'Twas a case of same-old, same old at the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) meeting as well. It maintained current policy settings - i.e. increasing base money at an annual pace of A¥60 trillion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... rose 0.74 per cent and Milan jumped 1.07 per cent. Traders reacted to policy updates from the Bank of England (BoE) and Japan's central bank, awaiting minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest meeting. HONG KONG - Asia's markets were mixed after a ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... - 0.1% -- in the first quarter from 2.6% in the previous one, the weather got in the way. Not that easy for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) though. It's still sweating out and may have to keep on sweatin' until the September quarter before it acts or not act. ...

TAL maintains profits, amid record claims

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Despite record claims payouts life insurer TAL has maintained its profit levels for the 12 months to 31 March. Financial results released by TAL's Japanese parent, Dai-ichi Life, show net profit after tax (NPAT) was down 1% to $90 million, compared ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to fall after weak earnings from US retail giant WalMart contributed to a sharp drop on Wall Street. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,496. In local economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... end the day at 4,505.02 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose following another record close on Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei boosted by a weakening yen and Indian shares surging on an expected clear win for the BJP's Narendra Modi in general ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... expanding markets for our farmers, miners and service industries in Asia through new free trade agreements with Korea and Japan. Tonight we are asking higher-income earners to help repair the Budget. From 1 July this year and for just three years, we ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... engaged by the mighty central banks of the world - the currency war that, is. You, I and Irene are well-aware of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) intent. It's not making any bones about it -it's massive monetary and fiscal stimulus measures (and perhaps, more ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... the quarter and internal net cash outflows of $464 million. AMP said strategic partnerships with China Life, and MUTB in Japan, were the primary drivers of external net cash inflows via the fixed income asset class as well as net mandate wins over the ...