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ISA gives evidence to PC on inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... the PC represents a practical step towards making it a reality. In its draft report on public infrastructure, released in March, the PC gave qualified support to the inverted bid model, prompting ISA to release a more detailed explication of the model. ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... KPMG Report on Jobs - published earlier this month - found that "Demand for staff continued to rise at a marked pace in March, with the rate of expansion only just shy of January's 15½-year high... permanent staff availability fell at the sharpest ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... mandate came as part of SSFS strategy to broaden its exposure to low volatility strategies. The portfolio was funded in March 2014. But Acadian already manages a global-managed volatility mandate for SSFS since October 2012 and an Australian-managed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... index futures contract was down 41 points at 5,381. The US Department of Labor reported the US economy added 192,000 jobs in March, essentially meeting expectations and suggesting a continuation of the trend of slow but steady improvement in the labour ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another 192K in March from Feb but has not bettered expectations for a 197K gain and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7% -- good the US economy's ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Same with the Greeks. Yields on their 10-year's decreased to 6.13% from - don't know of you still recall - 48.60% back in March 2012. A lotta brave investors made a lotta serious dinero here! Super Mario might have said thanks but no thanks to IMF's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... payroll report," Charles Schwab & Co said. The Labor Department is expected to show the US economy added 195,000 jobs in March, up from 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6 per cent from 6.7 per cent. Economic data were mixed. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls firm ADP said US businesses added 191,000 jobs in March, below the 215,000 projected by analysts, but an improvement on the 178,000 figure for February. Locally, in economic news ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... financial market outlook it seems. Reports out last night revealed that manufacturing activity in America strengthened in March from February but... was less than markets expected; in Europe, March activity in the sector dipped to a three-month low but... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... data, including a report Tuesday from the Institute for Supply Management that showed US manufacturing activity rose in March. Investors are also heartened by comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Monday that suggest no "abrupt" change to US monetary ...