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Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
SimCorp teamed up with French software provider, LexiFi to integrate the firm's financial modelling technology onto SimCorp's investment management system, SimCorp Dimension. The integration of LexiFi's technology means SimCorp can deliver complete ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The US equity market's performance continues to be dictated by the inflow of economic indicators during this data-filled week. Australian equities, in turn, dance to its tune. The local bourse maintained its gains at the close of yesterday's trading ...

Quiet Market Activity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... that the leading index fell to 0.1 percent in June, matching the markets' expectations. This is consistent with weak US growth over the next six to nine months. The May reading was revised from a gain of 0.1 percent to a decline of 0.2 percent. Six of ...

Another take on LPTs

While many investors have long thrown the listed property trust sector in the sin bin, a leading property expert said there's the odd gem to be found, particularly in the office sector. Ken Atchison, founding principal of property research firm Atchison ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... Holdings. On Friday, the Australian share market closed the week in negative territory, with continuing fears of slowing US growth dragging the bourse lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 23.5 points or 0.42 per cent lower at 5,559.9, while the ...

BlackRock fund treads allocation balance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... the US economy continues to work through the kinks of the sub-prime meltdown and market volatility. Hudson predicts US growth stocks to outperform value stocks, American equities to top their European counterparts and US equities to leap ahead of bonds ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... activity, although a possible softening of oil prices could moderate inflation pressures." Meanwhile the IMF expects US growth to slow to 1.5 percent this year, down from 2.2 percent last year, but to stay clearly above the recession red zone. Growth ...

AUI expands retail arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Mark HortonAndrews to head of product and Cameron Farrar to business development manager as part of the company's strategy to develop its retail division. Prior to this appointment, HortonAndrews spent ...