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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... confirmed the central bank's view that recent weakness was largely due to bad winter weather. Data also showed that China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.4 per cent in the first three months of the year, higher than the market forecast of 7.3 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... resource sector is down despite BHP Billiton announcing an upbeat production report. Most investors are hanging out for China's gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, due out later on Wednesday, Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said. ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... indicated the budget would need to improve by at least $50 billion in today's dollars by 2020 to have any chance of bringing gross debt down by 70 per cent to a "safer level" equal to 4.7 per cent of gross domestic product". And according to 'The Australian" ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... results are referred to as 'performance' they are actually defined by the ATO as 'return on equity' and so are likely to be gross return estimates that do not reflect the proper impact of fees and taxes. This means real returns could actually be lower. ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... profit of $3 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Insurers' gross policy expenses went from $6.5 billion in 2012 to $7.1 billion in 2013, with death and disability claims representing $5.4 ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... dollar-US in the fourth quarter. How good is that? Even better, the national accounts (if you really dig hard enough) show that "gross operating surplus" (profits) of private non-financial institutions contributed 0.9 percentage points to nominal GDP ...

SSFS invests in Standard Life alternative fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... 2013. The risk expectation is a third to half that of the equity market, with a target return of cash plus 5% per annum (gross of fees), over rolling 3-year periods. The volatility of the fund over the four-year period has been just 4.5% compared to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December quarter national accounts data including gross domestic product, while the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for February is due ...

Charter Hall profits dip 4.3%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Australia property funds under management grew 6% over the half-year to $10.5 billion and the group secured $702 million of gross equity inflows during the half with $213 million raised since half-year end. Charter Hall's property investments total $622 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... year since before the financial crisis, the FTSE 100 index gained 0.33 per cent or 21.67 points to 6,572.33 points. British gross domestic product grew by 1.9 per cent in 2013, the biggest expansion since 2007. In Frankfurt, the Dax index, gained 0.62 ...