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Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... activity "since the previous report" (5 March). Too, US industrial production expanded by a better-than-expected 0.7% in March versus expectations for a 0.4% gain. Better, February's 0.6% advance was recalibrated to a 1.2% pick up. Central bank policies ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... estimated at 0.3%). I'll let Reuters give you its take on this. "U.S. retail sales recorded their largest gain in 1-1/2 years in March in a decisive sign the economy is bouncing back from its weather-induced slumber. Monday's upbeat report was the latest ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... do not correct soon... when stocks rose 40 per cent into the summer only to crash 41 per cent in two months". Because "In March of 2009 everything looked horrible, now nobody can find a reason why stocks could go down... We ask that you should buy stocks ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... of the 52 economists it surveyed. Before this, Australia's Statistician reported that the jobless rate dropped to 5.8% in March from 6.1% in Feb with total employment rising by 18,100 last month - against expectations for an addition of only 2,500 jobs. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... financial stocks after the release of better-than-expected jobs figures showing the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17 points, or 0.31 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... US markets and better-than-expected domestic unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the month. Economists had expected total employment to fall by 5,000 in ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Investor appetite for overseas assets jumped 15% in March, according to the Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index (CGIII), and is now at the second highest level since the index was constructed in June 2013. The Index collates the views of over ...

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 ...