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Climate change already affecting investments: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Paradice debuts fund for retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... fund's underlying strategy since August 2010 in the institutional market where, as at 28 February 2013, it has posted 4.36% above its benchmark of 7.2% since inception. The group was established in 1999 and currently manages over $8 billion in assets ...

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... little surprised that many Australian companies had struggled to sustain growth. "We look for companies that grow earnings above the growth in GDP and have pricing power in their markets, because this is a lever for growth," he explained. "We look for ...

Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... Asset Management's Tim Samway, however, argue that picking active managers with good records can generate returns over and above the tax cost. "Cap-weighted indices are backward looking and contain stocks that anyone with half a brain wouldn't go anywhere ...

Template of a bail-in?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... anyway?) and merged into the country's biggest bank, the Bank of Cyprus. Deposits below a,-100,000 would be safe but those above would be hit by a deposit tax that reportedly could be as high as 30% to 35% -- up from the original planned tax of 9.9%. ...

Reignited euro crisis prompts gold rush

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... accelerate. Last week the Fed left unchanged plans to hold its target interest rate near zero as long as U.S. unemployment remains above 6.5%. The jobless rate last month was 7.7%. Meanwhile, news outlets are reporting that a draft deal has been reached ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... finger salute. Still on desertions, latest available data show that its happening in emerging markets. While the Dow remains above its 2007 all-time high, the S&P 500 is nearing its own and developed equity markets in general remain in the black with ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... maintain monetary policy accommodation - fed funds rate close to zero and QE3 - for as long as America's jobless rate remains above 6.5% and inflation doesn't rise above 2.5%. There was additional good news at this month's meeting. The Fed lowered its ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response in Europe to Cyprus' plans for a deposit tax suggested fears of that ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... According to reports, Cypriots' bank savings of a,-100,000 and below would be charged a deposit levy of 6.75% while savings above that would attract a 9.9% charge. Not only this, Cypriots would also have to pay a withholding tax on the interest they ...