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Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... product's use. He pointed to the cost of fees on a theoretical $100,000 invested in the S&P/ASX Resources Accumulation Index for 10 years. A low-cost ETF at a 0.39 per cent management fee cost $21,960 over the life of the investment but a 2 per cent ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... latest Chinese PMI numbers indicate that the Chinese economy could be slowing. HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index for China fell to 51.1 in May -- a 10-month low - from April's final reading of 51.8. OMG! We're doomed! Just forget that this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... and Mumbai fell 2.44 per cent after the central bank raised interest rates 50 basis points. WELLINGTON - The benchmark index for New Zealand shares, the NZX 50, dropped a little, falling 2.75 points - 0.079 per cent - to 3,495.114 in a mixed market with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... eight capital cities is due out, as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April. The International Monetary Fund will release its Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific. In companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... news on Wednesday will be dominated by the release, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), of the consumer price index for the March quarter. In equities news, Macarthur Coal Ltd releases its March quaterly production report, and Ark Mines Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that its import price index had risen 1.4 per cent in the March quarter, while its index for export prices climbed 5.2 per cent. "Obviously, the terms of trade story is one of the fundamental stories for the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... economics news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse release their performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for March, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues its index of commodity prices for March. In equities news, the ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... would hardly notice that something near-apocalyptic was afoot looking at the week's 0.71 per cent decline in the MSCI's index for emerging equity markets. Short-term pain. Perhaps it's the wholesale view that the short-term drag to growth resulting from ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... policy. To manage the nominal coverage ratio, the investment risk needs to be limited, with a preference for bonds. But to index for inflation, higher percentages need to be allocated to real assets such as equities and real estate. Bos said the recent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... University Conference on Australia and the Resources Boom. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its Labour Price Index for the December Quarter and Construction Work Done in the December Quarter. In equities news, AGL Ltd, APA Group, Macarthur ...