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The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Move on people, nothing to see here. Wall Street's up - or down - depending on which index you follow. Not surprisingly, Bloomberg's gone with the one that sells more eyeballs - the bad news that is. "S&P 500 Falls as Investors Weigh Earnings, Fed Stimulus". ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... $9.36, after announcing it would demerge its data management business Recall. Among other industrial companies, ports and rail operator Asciano was up 14 cents at $5.03 and freight company Toll was up 13 cents at $5.32. BHP was up 65 cents at $31.59 ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... said. "The rising trend of privatising quality public assets in Australia, such as ports, desalination plants and road and rail infrastructure, makes Australia a compelling investment opportunity for these investors."

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... added three cents to $28.51, Commonwealth Bank lifted 15 cents to $69.53, and Westpac eased nine cents to $30.41. Freight rail operator Aurizon gained 4.5 cents to $4.015 after it won a coal haulage contract in Queensland with mining giant Xstrata. On ...

Media Super backs Aussie film industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
'Save your legs!' is a comedy cocktail of cricket and Bollywood music, a new movie backed by Media Super. The superannuation industry fund for media and arts professionals keeps supporting the Australian film industry through investing and loan initiatives ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... construction markets cause a massive writedown on its assets. Shares in Arrium opened two cents down to $1.24. Ports and rail operator Asciano has increased its first half profit by 74 per cent and forecast more earnings growth in the second half of ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... inflation-protected income by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of infrastructure assets including roads, airports, ports, rail, utilities, energy pipelines and storage, communication towers and satellites.

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...