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Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... there have never been as many goods in the national CPI basket for which prices are going down, said Craig James, chief equities economist at Commonwealth Securities. This slow inflation outlook combined with improving US prospects should see a lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... 2011, $1 billion of Treasury notes maturing April 29, 2011, and $1 billion of Treasury notes maturing May 27, 2011. In equities news, reporting season begins to gather pace. In New York, News Corporation issues half year and second quarter results after ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... optimistic about other markets, particularly China. Speaking at a lunch briefing yesterday, Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroder Investment Management, made a strong case for investing more into the US. "The US is very competitive ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... "If we assume the cost of propagation is $200,000 per annum then a fund requires at least $500 million in Australian equities before the value of the quoted maximum potential benefit exceeds the cost." The report said that while propagation is a sound ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process to issue $500 million of the April 2020 bond line. In equities, Tower Australia Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting. On Tuesday, the Australian share market ended flat despite ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... investment committee chair said the fund was considering reducing its 6 per cent cash holdings and allocating more into global equities, unlisted infrastructure and other asset classes by the end of the year. Currently it is only the stable option that ...

Aviva Investors gains ground in Singapore

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... services in Singapore to both retail and institutional clients. "The new license basically compliments our hiring a head of equities and a head of fixed income to compliment our real estate business. Now we are in a position where we can start manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... delivers its monthly business survey for December. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for January. In equities news, public examinations of the failure of Octaviar, formerly MFS, continue in Sydney. On Monday, the Australian share market ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... loss on the global economy and financial markets if Egypt turns to sand if you ask me. And so I wasn't surprise when US equities turned out a positive performance after that Friday night shocker. The S&P 500 index closed 0.8 per cent up on the last day ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... has posted a 7.5 per cent return in the year to December, with the performance attributed to more investments towards equities and alternatives, and continuing reduction in its debt and cash holdings. According to the fund's December quarterly update ...