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Perpetual launches Global Share Fund on profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... incubation phase the strategy has delivered gross returns of 22.9% pa over the three years to 30 June 2014, which is 6.3% pa above the benchmark. Perpetual said this performance would have placed the fund in the first quartile for one, two and three ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... in cash and $4.3million in OneVue scrip. There is also an incentive component, payable in scrip, for total revenue growth above an agreed threshold in Select Investment Partners during FY2015. Shares issued will have an escrow[MS1]A period of up to 12 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Ramsay Health Care. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed modestly higher after the S&P 500 index in the US finished above 2,000 points for the first time. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.6 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,651.2 points. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... paying out their dividend. Economic statistics continue to point to steady US economic growth helping the S&P 500 finish above 2,000 points for the first time. Meanwhile the tech-rich Nasdaq pushed to a 14-year record high while the Dow Jones Index was ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... by the Central Bank do Brasil (CBB) were it not for the stubbornly high inflation (6.5% in June and July) that has remain above the central bank's 4.5% target since September 2010. The central bank's concern over the persistence of rising consumer prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after the S&P 500 stock index in the US closed above 2,000 points for the first time. At 0654 AEST on Wednesday, Australia's September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,5604. ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Raise your hands all ye who thinks that their economy is growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest ...

MyState sees small growth in profits

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... improved to 10.5%. The company said its balance sheet remains strong and MyState's total capital ratio of 13.9% is well above regulatory requirements. The Group's cost-to-income ratio improved to 64.5%, down from 65.7% in the prior year. "We are pleased ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial markets. But look now... the Dow's closed back above 17K last night and the S&P 500's closed at a new record high of 1992.37 points -- less than 8 points (0.4%) shy from reaching ...