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QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Investment manager QIC has awarded a mandate to US-based Molpus Woodlands Group, with the timber specialist purchasing 42,000 acres on behalf of the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. QIC is not disclosing the dollar value of the mandate, although it is believed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... cent, Seoul closed off 0.1 per cent and Shanghai closed down 0.76 per cent. The preliminary HSBC China manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to a two-month high of 49.1 in April compared with a final reading of 48.3 in March. A reading above 50 ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... cautioned investors to maintain portfolio diversity despite income expectations and the potential attractiveness of purchasing bank shares directly. "It's a question that comes up all the time - if you want income, why not just purchase the banks directly? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... level for 12 months, tempering recent concerns of a sharp slowdown in the world's number two economy. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 53.1 from 51 in February, helped by an increase in new orders, the China Federation of Logistics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... points, with 3,900 contracts traded. Manufacturing activity in China rose more than expected in March, according to the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which advanced 2.1 index points to 53.1 points, well above market expectations of 50.8 result. IG ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... short run." They could "create at least short-term inflation pressures, and moreover, they act as a tax on household purchasing power and reduce consumption spending, and that also is a drag on the economy." That's how. The better, more rationale justification ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... that China's and the euro zone's PMI's fell this month. According to HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics, China's purchasing managers' index fell to 48.1 in March to its lowest reading since November last year. What's new about this pussycat? We already ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... run." That they could "create at least short-term inflation pressures, and moreover, they act as a tax on household purchasing power and reduce consumption spending, and that also is a drag on the economy." Convincing arguments to exit stage left now ...

Risk-averse investor pitfalls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... act to the detriment of long-term investors," Manuell said. "Being massively overweight in cash guarantees that the purchasing power of existing capital will be eroded by inflation in the medium to long-term." Manuell has advised investors not to be ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... stressed that even if Chinese growth slows to 7.5% as targeted, "Chinese GDP will equal that of the United States, in purchasing-power parity terms, in about a decade. It will exceed that of the euro area within the next few years." How good is that? ...