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First State Super tracking well after merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... reforms, and any super fund deserves credit just for rising to the challenge of either hurdle, he said. As well as better purchasing power to drive down investment fees and insurance costs, the increased scale has delivered a stronger intra-fund financial ...

Fed ECB BOJ, Unlimited

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... rebound in third quarter real GDP growth to 3.1% (annualised) and certainly not with the recent improvement in its purchasing managers index - both manufacturing and non-manufacturing - the housing sector and labour market (the unemployment rate declined ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... again in 2013, and added that deep austerity measures would be extended by a year to 2017-18. Meanwhile, the eurozone Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a leading indicator compiled by the London-based Markit research firm, showed a upwardly revised score ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... meantime, things continue to look up in China. Tthe National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported that the country's manufacturing PMI increased to 50.6 last month - the highest level in seven months - thanks ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... said. "Meanwhile, the news from China shows signs of the economic slowdown having bottomed," he continued. "The latest purchasing manager's index of manufacturing activity was above 50, indicating expansion, and the recent destocking phase appears to ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... It's the Fed's QE3 announced last 13 September 2012. The day the Fed promised to "increase policy accommodation by purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month... for a considerable time after the economic ...

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... year, the strategist warns that income stocks are in danger of forming a bubble. "As greater numbers seek safety in purchasing perceived stable cash flows at progressively higher prices, they will necessarily become less safe," he said. As a result ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... happening in China, Markit Economics' PMI updates across several Asian countries also improved last month. Taiwan's purchasing managers index jumped to its highest level since June, it accelerated for the first time in four months in India, increased ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... October, up from a revised 68.4 in September and better than forecasts. Also helping was a slight rise in the ISM's purchasing manager index for the industrial sector, to 51.7 per cent from September's 51.5 per cent reading. And the auto industry reported ...