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Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... China's big five banks, and their shares are undervalued, he said. "On a price-to-book perspective, people are only paying one times the book value of a business that's delivering a 20% annual return on earnings," he said. "People think that this is ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... at similar levels to those seen during the GFC. "Back in the global financial crisis, it was [the index] trading at 7.7 times price-to-earnings ratio, showing that from a valuation perspective, right now these companies are not expensive," he said. When ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... called for wage cuts amongst the highest earners. "We don't believe that any senior executive is worth four or five hundred times the wages paid to the employees who do the work, produce the product and generate the revenue and profits", said Graeme ...

ASIC supports updates to disclosure rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has welcomed the ASX's updated continuous disclosure rules and guidance, which had been the centre of much confusion in recent months. The update follows failed legal action against Fortescue ...

NZ Super fund breaks $20bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Adrian Orr said: "The fund has benefited by sticking to its long-term growth strategy and investment beliefs during volatile times. "These results show the benefit of remaining focused on long term value, having the fortitude to stay the course, and ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... be on a continuous declining trajectory. "History tells us that the unintended consequences of austerity policies have at times proved dramatic and life changing," he added.

ECT assessments down 38%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... In 2011-12 the average ECT concessional assessment was $2,746, but the average non-concessional ECT assessment was eight times higher at $22,947. ECT assessments are updated twice annually, with the next update due in January 2013.

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... debt. Australia's proportion of individuals with personal wealth above US$100,000 is the highest of any country - eight times the world average. With 1.57 million Australians in the top 1% of global wealth holders, Australia accounts for 3.4% of this ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... the month to 663,000." But maybe not -- not if it's Bloomberg's report you read: "Australian employers hired almost three times the number of workers economists forecast for September, pushing up the local currency, even as the unemployment rate jumped ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... energy stocks and mining stocks, with the latter running on exceptionally low PEs. For example, RIO is trading on a PE of 8 times, which is incredibly cheap." Meanwhile, defensive stocks which include consumables such as food, healthcare, telecoms, and ...