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Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... investors] reveal that many fund marketers fail to get past the hurdle of initial fund documentation because their marketing materials do not align to investors' investment criteria or are lacking crucial data, overloaded with unnecessary information ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... 50 points over the next few sessions." Mr Esho said falls on Friday were spread broadly across the market, though the materials sector was likely to fare worst due to a fall in oil prices. Among the major resources companies, BHP was 43 cents lower at ...

Financial bosses top narcissism study

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... millionaires and 15.7% of multimillionaires acquired their wealth from financial services. The next largest sector, basic materials, which includes agriculture, mining and metals, was the source of wealth for 14.3% of millionaires and 13.8% of multimillionaires. ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... The disparity between the two has never been greater," he said. While the fund manager is cautious on resources and materials companies in light of a shift towards consumer-led growth in Asia, he is positive about the real estate, technology and consumer ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... positive territory as investors continued to prefer defensive exposure with yield in mind. Meanwhile, gold, miners, and materials were the laggards as investors started to adjust portfolios after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed the ...

One in five ASX200 companies ignoring social media

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... particularly those with a consumer retail and discretionary focus - have a very active presence, others, like resources and materials, are yet to embrace social media tools as critical to their business," Marley continued. YouTube emerged as the fastest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Friday morning, with BHP Billiton up 69 cents, or 2.1 per cent, to $33.53 and Rio Tinto lifting $1.08 to $55.40. "The materials sector has really been finding the love, and it's been a space that's been so unloved for awhile," Mr Weston said. Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... strategist Michael McCarthy said rising commodity prices boosted the mining giants. "The best performing sector is the materials sector - so that's BHP, Rio essentially," he said. Data from China showing an 0.7 per cent fall in its imports in June caused ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... a major influence on the local stock market on Monday. "That's primarily the reason why we are struggling today. The materials space is down 1.2 per cent," he said. "Apart from that, everything else is relatively flat to mildly weaker and everyone wants ...