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Pengana AEq fund reaches $227m FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Pengana Australian Equities Fund reached $227 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) on the March quarter and achieved a return of 9.9%, net of all fees and charges. The returns beat the ASX200, which generated 8% and the RBA Cash Rate, which returned ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... Institute's leading index of economic activity is also due out. In companies news, miner BHP Billiton releases its March quarter production report, while Atlas Iron will publish its March quarter results. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Accounts confirm this with domestic consumption putting in the biggest contribution - 4.3 percentage point - the 7.7% March quarter growth. So does the latest retail sales figures. They jumped by a faster-than-expected 12.6% in March. And as much as ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... year. Though lower-than-expected, the Tankan's sentiment index for large manufacturers improved to minus 8 in the March quarter from minus 12 in December. Similarly, "A separate BOJ survey showed nearly three-quarters of households expect prices to rise ...

Interest rate cuts drive SMSFs to FI, property

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Interest rate cuts in December 2012 drove Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees from cash holdings to fixed interest and direct property investments, Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey found. Cash holdings fell 1.9% to 24.5% in the December ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... GDP growth can return to the mean trend of pre-GFC years." Yes, very convincing indeed... at the time. Until the March quarter GDP stats showed the economy growing at a 4.5% clip. That's way above the 3.25% - 3.5% trend, isn't it? Even the "disappointing" ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... the first quarter. The annual growth in wages and salaries excluding bonuses accelerated to 3.7% from 3.5% in the March quarter. The data look benign enough -- they're neither here nor there... but wait till you read the headlines: Australians' Confidence ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... despite posting on-guidance shipments of 1.5 million tonnes during the June 2012 quarter, up 25 per cent on the March quarter. In other equities news, Macquarie Group was down 24 cents to $24.06 after it delivered a cautious outlook, posting stronger ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... quarter, nearly half the 10% rate in the last quarter of 2010....and Brazil, whose economy expanded by only 0.7% in the March quarter of 2012 - two years ago it was growing at a 7%-9% clip. And to round it all up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for June while the HIA-RP Data Residential land report for March quarter is also due out. In equities news, Metcash chief executive Andrew Reitzer is scheduled to address an American Chamber ...