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Aussie fund frontrunner for Bank of China $12bn float

... will list on 1 June when the allocations will be finalised with the 5 per cent retail portion of the raising more than 70 times over-subscribed. But amid the frenzy and dog fight on who gets how many shares, those invested in Premium China Fund stand ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market consensus forecast for a 0.3 per cent gain and follows a revised increase of 0.2 per cent in March 2006 and 0.7 per ...

Outflows to force Challenger fund re-opening

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Morningstar research has issued an updated report on the "tough times" being faced by Challenger small and micro cap funds of late, which they say has resulted in $100 million in institutional fund outflows. Morningstar's head of research, Justin Walsh ...

More meat in Meat Super

... cent on an average account balance of $50,000, based on the latest Rainmaker Fee Benchmarks data. This is more than eight times cheaper than the average workplace fund TER of 1.35 per cent and well below the magic 1 per cent that many in the industry ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... given the lagged effect of monetary tightening on the economy. To date, the Fed has raised interest rates 15 consecutive times for a total of 375 basis points. In response so far, the US economy continues to give conflicting indications with housing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
... down 13.05 points at 17,013.93. WELLINGTON - The value of shares traded on the New Zealand sharemarket was more than three times normal levels as investors rushed to sell off top stock Telecom. Today more than 82.4 million Telecom shares, worth more ...

Tyndall appoints senior analyst from Credit Suisse

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... Institutional Investor and Extel surveys of analysts. He was also awarded top analyst of building materials by The Sunday Times in 2005. The appointment comes only months after former Tyndall chief executive officer, Michael Good stepped down to be replaced ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

... targets small to mid cap companies. "The average price-to-earnings ratio (PE) for mining stocks for example is 15 to 20 times. We're not interested in those. We look at companies with PE of 1 to 2 times and hope to exit at 5 to 10 times," said Donner. ...

AGL-Alinta deal bodes well for infrastructure pricing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... are valued as a conglomerate at just about the market average PE, or just above it, but in their case it's trading at 16 times the earnings." Manchee said the AGL and Alinta deal is a case in point for company boards of how splitting off business divisions ...

Daily economic update

... again resume widening. US exports are only two-thirds as much as its imports. It needs to increase export growth at two times the rate of imports just to keep the deficit stable. This seems a tall order. The US deficits require the importation of US$2.5-US$3.0 ...