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Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Japanese equities started 2012 on the right foot with the Nikkei-225 index up by more than 4.0% in January. It is also now 7.9% above last year's low of 8,160.01 points. Viewed in this light, Japan's stock market appears to be in the mend. However ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... is due out and the Australian Industry Group/PwC releases the Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). In equities news, Energy Resources of Australia posts full-year results. In Australia, on Tuesday shares gave up earlier gains to end lower ...

Super assets soar with 17% annual growth rate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... currency, the implementation of the mandatory Superannuation Guarantee system and a high allocation to growth assets such as equities. "Australian funds continue to have the highest allocation to equities at 50%," said the report. The report found that ...

Perpetual hires ex-port manager to equities team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Perpetual Investments has hired ex-portfolio manager, Anthony Aboud, to join its equities team as an analyst in late February. Formerly with Ellerston Capital as portfolio manager of the Ellerston Capital Global Equity Management (GEM) Fund, Aboud will ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... expansion. Moreover, emerging signs of weakness in domestic economic activity also present a strong hurdle for Australian equities to overcome. Not least of which is the softening Australian labour market and the attendant weakness in retail spending. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4255. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Roc Oil, Linc Energy, Regis Resources, Perseus Mining, Gryphon Minerals, Platinum Australia, Mineral Resources and Sundance ...

IFM wins UK pension mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that previous scares gave me. And by the look of it, European equities weren't spooked either. At the time the "IMF slash" was splashed on the headlines, the DJ Stoxx-50 Index had already been coming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... data for the December quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Alesco Corporation posts half-year results while Petsec Ltd posts December quarter results. In Australia, the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 4,208. No major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Newcrest Mining and Aquarius Platinum give second quarter reports, GUD Holdings posts its first half results, while Oil ...