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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... needing to raise money for its proposed supply chain restructure, saying such a move could pressure the company's credit metrics in the next few years. Billabong shares gained 0.25 cents to $1.35 at 1039 after the retailer said US private equity firm ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... needing to raise money for its proposed supply chain restructure, saying such a move could pressure the company's credit metrics in the next few years. Billabong shares gained 0.25 cents to $1.35 at 1039 after the retailer said US private equity firm ...

HFT strategy profiling lab launched

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... sophisticated database that can analyse the algorithm's characteristics. It then provides a detailed report of a set of metrics providing a clear behavioural description of the algorithm. "The beauty of this kind of reporting is that it can be provided ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... for the quarter on Friday, which are expected to fall below the psychological eight per cent barrier. "It's about growth metrics now, it's all about growth in China for us and growth everywhere in world, which is a breeding ground for equities," Mr Weston ...

ISN releases super returns persistency report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... released a report claiming there is persistence in super fund returns, but the analysis focusing on APRA's 'whole of fund' metrics limits the usefulness of the report's findings. Nonetheless, the report indirectly supports findings of Rainmaker research ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... however, remain more buoyant at 6.4% as are 10 year returns which were 5.2% pa. Nonetheless, returns across all time horizon metrics -- 1, 3, 5 and 10 years -- fell. The sensitivity in returns is shown by how three year returns have fallen from near ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... products will automatically change the discussion around comparative superannuation to one focused on these objective metrics. As a result, funds regardless of their sector or distributional power, that do not have a compelling investment performance ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... been the most aggressive, in terms of tackling problems up front, and they've shown success in meeting every one of the metrics set out by the "troika" of stakeholders." Despite the dire state of European equities, a senior Franklin Equity Group executive ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... key concern was an excessive reliance on "generic" measures such as share price, market share or earnings per share. "Metrics such as these are too high level to provide a reliable measure of individual performance and risk-taking," Lewis said. "Better ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... be bagged by some of my gentle readers again for being overtly - if not, overly - bullish. But this is what the current metrics and data reveal. Sure, uncertainties a-plenty still remain. And this will cause downward moves some days, weeks, even months ...