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Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The ASX has announced that most major companies now have a gender diversity policy but the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors says that just having a policy isn't enough, it's results that count. The ASX this morning, on International Womens ...

ETPs top $7bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australia's 90 exchange traded products broke through the $7 billion barrier in February. According to the ASX Listed Managed Investments and ETPs report, the sector grew 37% in the previous 12 months to $7.175 billion, a growth rate of almost twice ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
The Australian market was hovering around four-and-a-half year highs at open after Wall Street soared to a record high. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 hit 5,119.8 shortly after open, before falling slightly. It is the highest level the market has reached ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
It was bound to happen, didn't it? We've come full circle to the spooks that haunted through most of last year. Two weeks ago it was America and fears of Fed unwinding. Last week it was Italy and scares of a European debt crisis flashback. This week ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower in a market affected by large stocks going ex-dividend. At 1045 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.4 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 5,067.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Vanguard has reduced the headline cost of its All-World ex-US Shares Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from 0.18% to 0.15%. According to the index fund specialist, the management expense ratio on the product has fallen by an average of 10 basis points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
The Australian share market is trading lower following negative leads from overseas markets. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 5,078.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had reversed ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Super fund returns continued their recovery during January 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed again to now be on a 34-month high of 12.5%. This is a 12 percentage point jump in seven months. As in June last year, returns ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian share market continued to rise in morning trade after a strong session on Wall Street and the release of mostly encouraging earnings reports locally. At 1203 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.1 points, or 0.62 ...