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ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... that investors maintained a degree of risk appetite in October, embracing both emerging market bonds and emerging market equities which together drew in US$8.5 billion. Within emerging market equities, China exposures led, followed by broad emerging ...

Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... said Medcraft, speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch last week. "The typical superannuation fund invests in equities, fixed income, property and cash. These are all products regulated by ASIC. "It [superannuation] will grow at twice the rate ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release the performance of construction index for October. In equities news, News Corporation is expected to announce first quarter earnings results, the Commonwealth Bank is due to release its September ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... can achieve returns that are as attractive. Pim van Vliet, a senior portfolio manager within the Robeco quantitative equities team, said conventional thinking is that targeting low volatility would result in low returns But the low risk anomaly is that ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Asia are too optimistic. "Many Australian investors believe they are accessing the Asian growth story through domestic equities, but they really aren't getting the most out of the opportunity, particularly considering the challenges we face playing out ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... volumes recently have been pretty modest anyway so I suspect that today they are going to be super modest," RBS Morgans equities director Bill Chatterton said. "I don't think there is going to be a whole lot happening, it is going to be focused on horses ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... interest rate decision, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its house price indexes for September quarter. In equities news, a directions hearing is due in the Supreme Court in the Blackwood Corp v Mulsanne Resources (Tinkler) matter. ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... international trade in goods and services for September, plus retail trade for September are all due to be released. In equities news, Westpac Banking Corporation is expected to post full-year results. In Australia, the market on Friday finished flat ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... diversify and reduce volatility in Australia's savings pool by allowing retail investors to broaden their investments beyond equities and into a fixed income asset class. As well as contributing to a more vibrant corporate bond market, the ASX expects ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... and greater Asia providing the rest of the balance, said Bob Van Munster, Tyndall Asset Management's intrinsic value equities head. High-speed rail networks as well as other infrastructure investments in China are expected to contribute to growth sustainability ...