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Planners demand global fund with conviction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... in any one sector and no more than 25 per cent in a single industry. The strategy is country-agnostic and does not invest above 35 per cent in any particular country except the US. Also, emerging markets exposure is capped at 25 per cent. The fund's ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... forward. But for now, Australian consumer prices, no matter which way they are measured - headline or core - remain way above the RBA's target. An RBA rate cut next week risks reversing the central bank's good work in keeping the trajectory of economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... $6.67 after reporting a 22 per cent fall in net profit to $366 million for the six months to June 30 today. The result was above the market's forecast of $300 million for the insurance and financia

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... market value which is higher than the futures price." The QIC Red Paper predicts food prices over the medium term to remain above the long term average. In addition, the report wheat, corn, rice prices are expected to remain high relative to the historical ...

Segmentation prompts industry warning

MICHAEL HOBBS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... members. However, he warned that "just because you can do new things, it doesn't mean you should. There is a dollar threshold above which people want to engage with their super, irrespective of what generation they are from." A segmented marketing approach ...

Liquidity jitters raise income yield

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
The running yield across Putnam's income funds has trebled from less than 1 per cent above cash to more than 3 per cent above cash and, according to the fund manager, the fixed income market is throwing up opportunities it hasn't seen in 20 years. "Many ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... RBA's concern over high inflation and slowing growth On inflation, the minutes noted that, 'A lengthy period of inflation above the target was occurring, with attendant risk that this would begin to affect wage setting, though there was no evidence of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... 8.70, or 0.36 per cent, to 2,380.38. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower on Thursday as higher oil prices back above $US120 added to gloom over the economic outlook and the health of the banks. The FTSE 100 index held up better than its peers ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... inflation, the US producer price index (PPI) increased by 1.2 percent in July with the core rate up by 0.7 percent. This is way above market expectations for increases of 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. This took the annual rate of increase ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... February 2007 because like its counterparts in the US, the UK and the Eurozone, it is caught between slowing growth and above-target inflation rate. The BoJ will also release its July monetary policy meeting minutes this week. This is expected to reinforce ...