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Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
The State Street Investor Confidence Index has risen for the second consecutive month. Up 5.4 points from December's revised reading of 81.4 to reach 86.8, State Street Global Markets, the investment research arm of the financial services giant, said ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... leaves are looking good. It's steady as she goes. According to a Bloomberg survey of 44 economists, most expect "Bernanke will push on with purchases of $40 billion a month of mortgage bonds and $45 billion a month of Treasuries" with the "latest round ...

Mirrabooka profits down 9%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Less dividend income and the takeover of a utilities fund last year have helped push down listed investment fund Mirrabooka's first half profit by 9%. Mirrabooka made a net profit of $6.3 million in the six months to December 31, down from $6.9 million ...

ASX favourites likely to dish more cash in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
Despite the recent stock market spike, 2013 will see asset managers and the wealth creation industry as a whole continue to pursue risk-averse dividend equity strategies, according to Lincoln Indicators' Dennis Ng, who says special dividends may be ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... economy has finally turned a corner after seven straight quarters of slowing growth. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose to push the NZX 50 Index to a new five-year high, as expectations of a pickup in building activity lifted companies such as Fletcher ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... ASIC would come down hard on anyone misleading clients with asset-based fees, "it's very cut-and-dried" to say there is a push to stamp them out. "I think that is a step beyond where the regulators are currently at. I don't see them having such a strong ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... there will be a move into fixed interest. Investors being gunshy about jumping back quickly into equities will reinforce this push, but it will also trigger excess demand as the rest of the world likes our bonds too. If this forces bond prices down ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
The Australian sharemarket is set to fall on Friday after world markets dropped on concerns about stalled budget negotiations in the United States. At 0815 AEDT the December share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4,583. In news ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... years, such debates about IR will remain intensely partisan and macroeconomicly pointless. But if such surveys do eventually push us towards debating what really drives national productivity growth, namely education reform, infrastructure improvements ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... in talks about looming tax hikes and spending cuts due in January. In the absence of a deal, the measures were expected to push the country into recession. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets posted mixed results, while the euro declined against the ...