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Funds explore hidden benefits of APRA reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... quick changes to their asset allocation. "If a super fund trustee wakes up in the morning and sees that there's a riot in Egypt, comes to work and says, 'What's my exposure to Egypt?' Now, at the moment that's quite a hard thing to work out." But with ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... history.A Add to this the near-certainty of a Fed taper announcement this month, the US debt ceiling negotiations, Syria (and Egypt), sinking emerging markets, political uncertainty in Italy and German elections, VAT tax debate in Japan and leaking radiated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... $31.18 and Rio Tinto 62 cents weaker at $52.08. Goldminer Newcrest Mining had dropped 63 cents, or 5.87 per cent, to $10.10. Egypt's political problems have prompted crude oil prices to rise, which is bad news for a lot of industries in terms of costs ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on most European markets after the eurozone and British central banks signalled that stimulus measures would continue for some time and ahead of official US employment figures for June. ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... past, bond yields and the cost of insuring against default in the peripheral countries spiked. The ghost of the Arab Spring. Egypt's military has removed President Mohamed Mursi after he refused to step down. The military also suspended the constitution ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Australian stocks have pulled back sharply as the volatile start to the new financial year continues. The market was more than 1.3 per cent lower in early trade on Wednesday, wiping away some of the $27 billion gains posted in the previous day's session. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... 2011. US stocks reversed early gains and ended lower on revived concerns about the eurozone and the political crisis in Egypt. At 0812 AEST on Wednesday, locally, the September share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 4,765. In economic ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... sent Middle Eastern and African dictators quivering and oil prices soaring. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak stepped down peacefully but Libya's Qadaffi was murdered off his throne.... an earthquake, followed by a ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... levels, BlackRock said. Australia ranks fifth on the index as it is institutionally robust. Poor achievers Hungary, Ireland, Egypt, Italy and Venezuela are flagged as having below-average creditworthiness. Greece and Portugal rate poorly coming in at ...