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QIC gets active with two new European equity mandates

... its European equity list. Oechsle, working out of Boston, offer a diversified European product that uses a fundamental country and stock selection process, QIC said. Axa Rosenberg's Europe Broad Market Equity offering employs a quantitative process with ...

Afternoon market wrap: Doubts end, war begins, News Corp rises

... direct action by launching war on Iraq in a matter of hours after its 48 hour deadline for Saddam Hussein to leave the country had passed. Australian share prices were nudged higher as investors cautiously greeted the end of uncertainty that arrived ...

Retail growth sluggish, house prices remain strong: ABS

... months, while department stores have enjoyed only moderate growth. But ABS figures revealed that house prices across the country have remained buoyant, with the weighted average of prices across Australia's eight main cities rising 4.8% in the December ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries return negative figures

... Reserve Bank of Australia has announced no changes to interest rates as GDP figures for the December quarter show that the country's economy grew by the smallest margin in two years. All Ordinaries: 2749.70 (-37.30) Dow Jones: 7704.87 (-132.99) NASDAQ ...

The value of bonds: Brumby defends the role of government debt

... government bonds, arguing that government borrowing provides both flexibility for Australian investors and maintains the country's international standing. "It is interesting to note that there is no precedent to close the government bond market," Brumby ...