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Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
New record highs in the trading value in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market show that the industry has come of age with investors increasingly using ETFs in sophisticated ways, according to BetaShares managing director Alec Vynokur. BetaShares ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... "Transparency has improved greatly for overseas investment and most local investors are seeing a carry from the falling Australian dollar which is likely to be a help to globally diversified portfolios. There are also signs that Europe and Asia have ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... growth assets, which performed very strongly in 2012.A Other contributing factors were a 2% strengthening of the Australian dollar against the US dollar over calendar year 2012 and continuing net inflows to most of these funds," Towers Watson senior ...

Coalition victory to boost business confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... to meet the fall in mining investment. If that doesn't' do it, I'm not sure what will. Perhaps a fall in the Australian dollar will bring an influx of foreign investment," he finished.

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... investment assets are still in Australia. It doesn't make sense," Moore said. "It could be another decade before the Australian dollar reaches the bottom but we are trying to get people ahead of the curve. We want to encourage our client base not avoid ...