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T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... while the fund's global equities strategy underperformed compared to its peers last year, its long term track record is above par. For example, a consistent 80 per cent of T. Rowe funds outperformed their Lipper average over five and 10 years. The group ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... option, which is a 50-50 split between defensive and growth. This option is designed to return at least 3 per cent per annum above inflation. The fund needs to achieve this return 75 per cent of the time over four year rolling periods. In separate news ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... cent. At the end of May, a barrel of oil fetched US$66.31 - where it was in October last year and more than 115 per cent above the GFC-low of US$30.81 in December 2008. Last night crude prices continued to barrel past US$70. No one would have picked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... economy were improving. But much of the focus was on commodities, including oil prices, which closed at eight-month highs above $US71 a barrel in New York. Although some traders viewed the rise in commodities as a sign the global economy was emerging ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... personal taxation revenue. At the other end of the scale, the top quarter of income earners, those reporting taxable earnings above $56,000, pay 65 per cent of personal taxation revenue. Refining the analysis even further to look at people earning above ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... surged $3.00, or 4.52 per cent, higher to $69.33. Oil stocks also posted gains as crude prices rose to seven-month highs above $US68 on further signs of economic recovery and a weaker US dollar. Santos added three cents to $14.88, Oil Search lifted 22 ...

ANZ Super Advantage adds four

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... loss over a three year period. Meanwhile the BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha fund targets a return of 12 percentage points above the UBS Australia Bank Bill Index over rolling 3 year periods, according to the BlackRock website. The additions became ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... record global economic growth. Perhaps this was due to fund managers covering their short positions. More likely...all of the above. What has happened to fears of the negative fallout from GM's bankruptcy? Surely they are as valid now as they were back ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... $35.44, while rival Rio Tinto added $1.32, or 2.05 per cent, to $65.86. Oil stocks also posted gains as crude prices rose above $US66 and approached seven-month highs on further signs of economic recovery and a weaker US dollar. Santos added five cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... warning of further short-range missile tests and by selling in the futures market after it failed to make a sustained break above a key level the previous day. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 36.19 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 9,310.81. HONG KONG ...