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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... international trade in goods and services and house prices, and the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due to be released. In equities news, Cochlear, Primary Health Care ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... outline its new approach. Esemplia principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients terminate their mandates with the group. But after explaining the staffing and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a stellar performance on Wall Street at the end of the week with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007. At 0739 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong performance of equity markets in 2012. The index of Australian shares rose 3.3% in December to finish the year up 19.7%. International ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... thought to be the world's next emerging markets - have disappointed in recent years but HSBC believes the recent strong performance is a sign that structural trends are now more favourable. The financial services giant says higher dividends in frontier ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? No, not that. I'm thinking about Warren Edward Buffet - the "Oracle of Omaha" - and his words of wisdom: "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" We've witnessed this Buffetism play before ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics' producer prices indexes for the December quarter. The Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index and the RP Data-Rismark's home prices, both for January, are also expected. Westpac chief economist ...

Planners revise down growth expectations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... the uncertainty in overseas markets," said Blewitt. "Home bias alongside factors pertaining to uncertainty in market performance and currency movements seems to be deterring planners from higher levels of international investment." The report shows that ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... HOSTPLUS aims to launch the new model in the latter half of 2013 if markets continue to deliver positive investment performance. *This article was updated on 1 February to clarify that HOSTPLUS has only announced plans to allow self managed super funds ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... futures contract was two points lower at 4,858 with 9,754 contracts traded. COMMSEC's Juliette Saly said the market's performance was better than expected. "We did actually see a bit of weakness coming through from Wall Street overnight, so we weren't ...