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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... 31.44 (0.67 per cent) to 4,702.44. US homebuilder confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Germany's DAX 30 rose 1.6 per cent as investor confidence in Europe's biggest ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... manufacturing data due to be released on Tuesday hit investor sentiment. Homebuilder stocks fell sharply after the National Association of Realtors said existing-home sales fell 1.8 per cent in August, following four straight months of gains. LONDON ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... down seven points at 5,522. US pending home sales slipped 1.1 per cent in June to 102.7, according to the National Association of Realtors' index. That was a modestly stronger decline than analysts' consensus estimate of 0.8 per cent drop. In local economic ...

UK annuities policy dubbed 'political schizophrenia'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... infrastructure investment hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) in Sydney, National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chief executive Joanne Segars said the decision to scrap compulsory annuitisation was a political ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,466. The US' National Association of Realtors said the pending home sales index jumped 6.1 per cent in May to 103.9, the first time the index has topped 100 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... week. US existing homes sold at an annual rate of 4.65 million in April, up 1.3 per cent from March, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said. April marked the first month sales rose in 2014. Greenhaus said trading volumes were low as some people ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... to an annual pace of 4.62 million units, down from the rate of 4.87 million in December, according to the National Association of Realtors. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose as traders digested mixed retail sales data out of Britain and looked ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... markets, advanced 2.13 (0.12 per cent) to 1,840.76. Shares of home builders came under pressure after the National Association of Home Builders said its sentiment index tumbled to 46 in February from 56 in January. NAHB said unusually severe weather ...

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... growing increasingly large. The first Stewardship Code was launched in the UK in 2010 with support of the UK National Association of Pension Funds and other leading global investors. Since then, a number of other jurisdictions have also codified stewardship ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Nasdaq Composite inched up 2.92 (0.07 per cent) to 3,994.57. Markets pared robust opening gains after the National Association of Realtors reported that US pending home sales slowed for the fifth straight month in October. Trade was subdued at the start ...