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Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Sterling, Australian dollar and Japanese yen. Stewart Ferns, Macquarie Research Equities equity analyst, said MEMIDI had historically posted an annualised return of 36.5 per cent over the last three years ending April this year in US dollar terms. The ...

AXA halves adviser PI expense

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... premiums have reduced significantly," said Wallace. He said the agreement was only possible because of AXA Australia's historically low claim record. Reflecting this, practices that are Certified Quality Advice Programme (CQAP), receive an extra 10 per ...

Broadacre price boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... boosted expectations of an expanded winter cropping program in 2008-09, and with grain prices forecast to remain historically high throughout the year, farm incomes are expected to improve," Frank Drum, National Australia Bank agribusiness economist ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... Department for Treasury and Finance, had discussed "the challenges posed by a near full employment economy being hit by historically high terms of trade that have produced an excess demand for most categories of labour; put considerable strain on national ...

Macq launches Property Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... legislation that allow regulated superannuation funds to borrow to invest in limited circumstances," Firth said. "Historically, the only way a SMSF could do this was through a separate arrangement via a mix of accountants and lawyers." He said the product ...

Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... portfolio strategist, Stephen Wood, acknowledged the current global equity markets crisis but noted that the sector is historically a strong vehicle to churn investor returns. Investors hoping to quarter their losses - and even make a profit - from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... today, Credit Suisse raised US stocks to "overweight" for the first time this decade, saying the United States has historically outperformed when leading economic indicators fall "because the speed of macro and corporate policy response is best there." ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance and proxy at Barclays Global Investors, agreed. "Historically, voting has been a one-way process in which you cast your vote and moved on, without being able to verify whether your vote ...

A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... managers that have a greater than five year track record," Gunning said. "However, these trends do occur in cycles and historically the performance of more long-term value oriented active managers tend to come back robustly once these less fundamentals-based ...

Resources boom gone in three years: Putnam

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... three years of smooth sailing." The recent stumbles in global markets also signaled a change in investment styles. "Historically, when many quantitative factors fail you concurrently, what you find is that in fact, that is a signal that you are about ...