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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... or 5.9 points, to 4,329.3. Shanghai was closed for a public holiday. China said on Sunday that manufacturing activity in March hit its highest level for 12 months, tempering recent concerns of a sharp slowdown in the world's number two economy. The official ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... highlighting to people there's a fair consequence of getting it wrong." In the same House of Representatives Committee in March, the ATO estimated approximately 70% of breaches were inadvertent, although Dunn says it is good to see the ATO has raised ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... 39 points higher at 4,284 points, with 3,900 contracts traded. Manufacturing activity in China rose more than expected in March, according to the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which advanced 2.1 index points to 53.1 points, well above market expectations ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... performing (stand-alone) A-REIT and equity income fund managers in the February Mercer survey (5.1% and 0.65% respectively). In March 2012 Legg Mason's income strategies (which include Real Income and Equity Income portfolios) reached the $100 million ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... homebuilder confidence implies. The National Association of Home Builders(NAHB)/Wells Fargo sentiment index steadied in March, remaining at it highest level since June 2007. Similarly, builder expectations climbed for a sixth straight month in March ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... traded. US and European stock markets fell on news that euro zone private sector activity fell more sharply than expected in March, while in China manufacturing activity fell to a four-month low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 78.48 ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... fell this month. According to HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics, China's purchasing managers' index fell to 48.1 in March to its lowest reading since November last year. What's new about this pussycat? We already know that Wen is trying to steer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... points, to 10,086.49 in the first trading day after ending Monday at its highest level since the quake-tsunami disaster in March last year. The market was closed Tuesday for a public holiday. Hong Kong shed 0.15 percent, or 31.61 points, to 20,856.63 ...

AAT confirms ASIC planner ban

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Nguyen of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, was disqualified by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in March 2011 after it found he failed to comply with financial services laws during his time as an authorised representative for ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... less volatile four-week moving average steadied at 355,750, continuing its steady downtrend since hitting a high of 659K in March 2009. More jobs equals increased business activity. The Empire State general business conditions index rose to 20.21 in ...