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Market lower at noon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The share market has rebounded from its early losses as gains by retailers, health companies and financials offset weakness among miners. Lower commodity prices have caused a resources sector sell-off, with BHP Billiton down 69 cents at $25.58, Rio ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... employee assistance programs or other counselling, and wellbeing programs or initiatives are reported by 75% of ASX200 financials companies. Overall, mental health data disclosure is low. Just 58% of ASX200 financials companies practice moderate or good ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... that the ASX is among the world's least diversified exchanges, which leaves investors overexposed to resources and financials. "Investors are buying into the idea of smart beta. They see it as the best way to include factors like volatility, quality ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Taiwan exchanges." Origin is invested in "a mix of small and mid cap companies with a heavy exposure to technology and financials," Birkhold said. He added that the strategy prefers smaller companies over resources stocks: "China is a very large economy ...

Barrett firm acquires Pride Advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... this included firms' technology deployment plans and their EBIT ratio as a percentage of their revenue. The fourth is financials - "We like either large-scale businesses with sustainable profitability or smaller fast-growth ones," he explained - and ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... point Moore's trust was the best performing mutual fund in the country as a result of his decision to invest in US financials. "Through good luck or hard work, the performance of those funds was really good." In those early days Moore modelled his investment ...

Aussie banks overpriced, undercapitalised: Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Australian financials are overpriced and undercapitalised relative to their global counterparts, Perpetual Investments global equities portfolio manager Garry Laurence said. "We feel much more comfortable investing in more attractively valued financials ...

Good Budget, bad Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning A Like a whirlpool it never ends..." A -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of Budget 2015-16? I know I am, I'm so, like... over it. By the by, Financial ...

Global finance, resources key to diversification

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... financial sector has not been a favourite among investors after the GFC, so it's currently undervalued. "But if you have financials to your global equity strategy that means that you'll have exposure to financial institutions in places like New York ...