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Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... Spectator, thinks that "the RBA should have held fire... and waited to see how the crisis within the eurozone and the slowing of China's economy plays out". But for the AFR, "the Reserve Bank of Australia has taken out insurance against risks posed by ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... Terminal Group, the world's second largest operator of tank storage facilities for chemicals, with operations in the US, China and Europe. The sale price represents about 10 times the earnings CIF expects to derive from its stake in LBC in the 2011/12 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... support after recent heavy losses driven by increasing concerns over the eurozone debt crisis, weak US data and a slowdown in China. Dealers said trade was relatively quiet on Monday after the turmoil of recent weeks, as investors kept close watch on ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... rest of the world. Except for an unchanged reading in Japan, manufacturing PMIs in Australia, the US, the UK, Europe and China have all declined in May from April. And save for the US and India, all purchasing manager's indices dropped below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... to open lower following major falls on Wall Street and European bourses on poor US jobs data and weak economic news from China and the eurozone. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,012. In economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... positioning themselves in the highly liquid stocks." Weaker materials stocks also dragged the market lower ahead of the release of China's Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) data at 1100 AEST and the private PMI reading at 1230 AEST. "If both of those ...

UHNW households top global growth: BCG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... dominated growth in the segment, with the number of UHNW households in Russia rising from 607 to 686 in 2011 and the number in China from 538 to 648. Australia ranked number 15 on the list, with UHNW household numbers remaining steady on 228 across the ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... fretting about now - some more, some less, but more or less the same. There was Greece, there was double dip, there was China, there was Europe, there was a global slowdown. But for those fortunate - or brave - enough to pick the S&P 500 bottom back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... quarter sales results.. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower in the wake of weak retail trade data, reports that China's government may not stimulate economic growth as much as hoped for, and continued worries about the euro zone. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... in intra-day trading, with most sectors falling into the red and investors digesting weak retail trade data. Reports that China's government may not repeat its massive 2008 stimulus package to boost economic growth also weighed on the market. At 1200 ...