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Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... manufacturing index rose to 58.4 in January from 55.9 the previous month to its highest pace since August 2004. All components were above the 50 expansion/contraction mark except for inventories which posted less of a decline. Prices paid, production ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks is a little above one standard deviation from its long-term average. "However, emerging markets have been much more expensive than this and on ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... corner and we all saw that [this week] in the UK where they have announced the highest CPI monthly number on record and way above expectations." As if the inflation problem weren't enough, the US and UK national debt are now higher or on par with their ...

GESB reaches $10b milestone

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... fund over the past five years, noted Michelle Dolin, chief executive of GESB. A major contributor to the growth has been above market median voluntary contribution rates, she said. "GESB's size and scale and the synergies we are able to drive from managing ...

Bookmakers Super boosts liquidity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... fund's December update said "pleasing progress" had been made to improve the liquidity of the fund and cash holding are at or above target levels. For example, the fund's Balanced Accumulation investment strategy's cash levels increased by roughly $6 ...

Aberdeen fund gets S&P three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... source of active return, but rather, will focus on constructing a portfolio that can deliver a sustainable income stream above the cash rate. "Although Aberdeen uses TAA in its other multi-sector funds with proven positive outcomes, S&P would like to ...

Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... wall the market needs to climb." This prediction comes after 34 per cent of Australian listed companies reported profits above market expectations, he said. In addition, net profit after tax (NPAT) across local listed companies fell 17 per cent, slightly ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... cent of SSFS' global equities portfolio, means the group joins a small portion of institutional investors in Australia with above-average allocation into the sub-segment. According to research, the top 20 super funds in Australia, representing more than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... points, or 1.25 per cent, to 3,846.62. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock index closed 0.45 per cent higher on Friday, ending above 10,000 for the first time in five weeks, driven by a weaker yen and a jump in the shares of ailing Japan Airlines. But investors ...