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Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... wages inflation has not become critical. This is because the annual growth in wages of 4.2 percent in the quarter remained above the 4.5% marker the RBA considers as inflationary. Meanwhile, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... down 0.25 per cent Wednesday, with volatile trading in third-ranked Fletcher Building after it announced annual profit just above expectations, but that the outlook remained uncertain. The benchmark NZX-50 index fell 8.39 points to 3,345.235.

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, according to a July survey by JPMorgan Asset Management. The survey ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... yesterday, Rainmaker's director of research and editorial Alex Dunnin said Australian fund managers have historically "punched above their weight" in terms of the size of the local market and how much local fund managers manage on behalf of offshore ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... terms of trade, worries that it could slump into a recession are exaggerated. In addition, inflation remains 1.5 percent above the RBA's upper limit. Yes, the RBA targets medium term inflation but who could be certain what inflation would be in the medium ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... $11.51. QBE shed 71 cents to $21.88 and IAG lost eight cents to $3.83. Meanwhile, inflation eased slightly in July but remains above four per cent on an annual basis for the sixth month in a row, a private sector survey shows. "Things are still a little ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... per cent relative to the S&P/ASX Small Ords Accumulation Index and its global equities portfolio returned 5.18 per cent above its benchmark, the MSCI World (ex-Aus) Index net dividends reinvested in AUD. In addition to outperforming the benchmarks in ...

Tax free pension not without trade-offs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... financial dependent of a super fund member in the event the member passes away. The payment acts like a bonus and is over and above the member's account balance. "Some members think moving into a tax free pension is great [because they can] make a non ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- the highest level since March and well above market expectations for an increase to 380k. Continuing claims fell by 9,000 to 3.107 million for the week ending July ...

AFA searches for Rising Star

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... to become this year's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Rising Star award winner is on again, but planners must go above and beyond the normal day to day activity to win, according to last year's award winner, Chris Browne. The annual AFA Rising ...