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Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... from small caps as a sector is very significant, especially given the fact that Australian equities entered bear market territory in early 2016," said Lonsec general manager of equities Peter Green. Green added, "Small caps have provided better insulation ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... that the good tidings for the economy continue to roll. The Performance of Services Index (PSI) jumped into expansion territory (above 50) to 51.8 in February after four consecutive months of below 50 readings. Among the survey's individual components ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... 0.1% to negative 0.1%, the Japanese central bank promised that "It will cut the interest rate further into negative territory if judged as necessary". The latest GDP growth numbers - along with the recent strengthening in the Japanese yen - suggest it's ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... outstations and supporting properties in breeding, feedlot and cropping. It is spread across Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia and is home to 185,000 cattle. At 101,000 square kilometres, it is larger than Ireland ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... less liquid side - the plan is to keep growing that percentage," Kodmani said. "Most of them are still in single digit territory, especially related to hedge funds. More and more you see plans of institutions and pension funds and other types of large ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... are doing more rather than less. We saw it with the Bank of Japan and we expect the ECB to move further into negative territory. Those cuts are likely. It's a consistent theme."

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... first look at the US January economy shows that the Fed has reasons to be worried. While still in expansion (above 50) territory, the US services sector has slowed considerably last month. The composite index dropped to 53.5 in January from 55.8 in December ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... time stimulate lending and consumption in the domestic economy. "It will cut the interest rate further into negative territory if judged as necessary." At minus 0.1%, it's got plenty more room gauging from other countries - Denmark (minus 0.65%); Switzerland ...

CareSuper opens new Canberra office

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... announced two appointments and opened a new office in Canberra to meet its growing employer base in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The $10 billion fund's new Canberra office is located in the NewActon precinct and newly promoted head of client ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... plots were right... at the time. Until the New Year, that is - when volatility increased sending equity markets in bear territory on the back of concerns over slowing global growth in general and a hard landing in China in particular and the continued ...