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ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Growth in Exchange Traded Funds has slowed in the last few years but in the year to end September 2012 they still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... managers survey of the service industry shows activity in the sector easing in China - down to a 22-month low of 53.7 in September - and falling deeper into contraction territory in the Eurozone. The region's composite PMI dropped to 46.1 last month ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose slightly on positive reports for the US services sector and private hiring. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,448. ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can assure you 100% that I would ...

Super funds line up for Sevior

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Veteran stock picker John Sevior's new fund is being reviewed by CBUS Super for an Australian Equities mandate. CBUS - which had an Australian equities mandate with Sevior's former employer Perpetual at the time of his departures - said that it is doing ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... composite index produced by JP Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM") recorded a reading of 48.9 in September - the fourth straight month that the index had been below the 50 expansion/contraction line - and that, "September saw manufacturing ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open slightly higher after world markets reacted positively to the release of Spain's 2013 budget supporting its austerity measures. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... to paragraph 9 on page 7 to find that the latest Conference Board data showed consumer confidence jumped to 70.3 in September - the highest since February (hey, that was the time when nearly all indicators were coming in better than expected, weren't ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a Federal Reserve official said QE3 would likely do little to spur the US economy. At 0749 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...