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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for March is due, as is the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) for March. There are no company items scheduled on Thursday. The Australian share market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... volume of 3,211 contracts. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) is due. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its financial aggregates data for February. ...

IFSA blasts latest APRA league tables

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... experience of an individual fund member. As a result, to the extent to which the data is used to compare the investment performance of an individual's superannuation, it is meaningless and misleading." Until the methodology is improved, they said the ...

Caution drives SMSFs to remain in cash: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... asset classes including equities and property. While 31 per cent of respondents said they are optimistic about the performance of their SMSF this year, 26 per cent said they are still cautious. Gerd Schenkel, general manager at Ubank, which is backed ...

Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... investment of $12,500. Lucas said they've slowly built up some 'street cred' in the IFA community following the performance of these products, specially for those who invested back in February last year. "The markets have rallied since but, if you remember ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... accounts for the December quarter. The Australian Industry Group and the Commonwealth Bank release their Australian Performance of Services Index for February. The Australian Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender of $500 million April ...

Macq sovereign bond fund scoops $300m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Macquarie launched the Macquarie True Index Sovereign Bond fund, a fund that provides investors with exposure to the performance of the UBS Treasury Index. Raj Gohil, head of product management in the Fixed Interest, Currency and Commodities Asset Management ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... years to 57.6 last month from 55.6 in December 2009. Because Australian manufacturing has improved. The AIG/PwC performance of manufacturing index rose to 51 in January on higher demand for coal, transport equipment and construction materials for housing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... was 47 points lower at 4,499. In economic news, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for January will be released. The TD Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for January and the ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... at the $50 billion fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme, said that as long-term investors, the environmental performance of all their assets is a critical component of the financial performance of their property investments and the drivers in this ...