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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... five cents to 63 cents after a first half loss of nearly $65 million due to higher wheat and milk prices and increased transport costs. Wesfarmers Limited was down 12 cents to $42.68 and Woolworths Limited was up eight cents to $34.84. Meanwhile, US ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... night's bounce back after the sharp drop the night before, let's dig further. Dig, dig, dig. Stripping out the volatile transport component from overall factory orders, we get a 0.2% lift in December.A This is good, especially because it builds on the ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

Bennelong expands equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... analytical and research experience in a broad range of sectors including industrials, IT, telecommunications, resources and transport. Richard Fish, Director of BLSEM, said he was delighted with Tim's addition to the team. BLSEM was founded as a joint ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... dropped 9%, furniture and appliance expenditure had dropped 15%, but offsetting this, food expenditure increased 8%, transport fares increased 11% and housing costs increased 6%. Showing the sensitivity to housing costs, the report revealed these costs ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... clean energy, water management, waste management, sustainable living, environmental services and sustainable public transport. The Green Bond, which reaches maturity on 10 April 2018 and offers a coupon of 1.625%, is listed on the London Stock Exchange. ...

AMP Capital raises US$300m for infra debt fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
AMP Capital has raised more than US$300 million from 17 international institutional investors for its AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II). The IDF II follows AMP Capital's first infrastructure debt fund, which attracted US$503 million from ...

AMP buys into QLD school build project

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Medical charges put pressure on retiree living costs

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Significant price rises for medical and hospital services have led to a modest increase in the cost of living for retirees according to the latest Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. The figured for the June ...

Govt introduces new infra tax break

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Federal government has introduced a new tax incentive aimed at encouraging private sector investment in infrastructure. The new rules will only apply to infrastructure projects considered to be 'nationally significant', and amends rules around the ...