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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... points at 5,347. US companies added 208,000 workers in November. That followed a revised 233,000 gain the prior month, ADP Research Institute figures showed. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... of pension funds is explained largely by the significant cost savings that are available as the report cited separate research that revealed while large pension funds pay an average 46 basis points on external management, the costs of internal management ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... acquire more strategic oil stockpiles at lower costs," Gordon Kwan, the Hong Kong-based head of regional oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings Inc., wrote in an e-mail Nov. 28. China will be "a big beneficiary" from the OPEC decision, he said." And ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... group, Asia Pacific, said: "The insights provided by the capital markets model have long been leveraged internally in the research and development of new products, and to inform our investment outlook. The VCMM is a proprietary model that combines financial ...

Capital Group expands retail sales team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... responsibility for distribution. "The addition of Scott and Nigel to Jorden's team reflects our commitment to bring our research-driven global investment strategies directly to the financial adviser community and to retail investors in Australia," Capital ...

Lonsec awards 'Recommended' rating to property ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... the Fund improves diversification and prevents large retail property trusts from dominating the index, Lonsec said. The research house also highlighted the resources and capabilities of the parent entity Van Eck Global, headquartered in New York. The ...

AWI laments 'bitterly disappointing' van Eyk investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has said its 'disappointing investment' in stricken research house van Eyk was a major contributor to the company recording a net loss of $6.7 million in the 12 months to 30 June. In March 2013, AWI acquired a 49.6% ...

Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Spain and Sweden. Part of a global four year longitudinal Deloitte study of 37,000 consumers spanning 22 countries - the research reveals some telling trends in the 'always on' mobile world. Deloitte technology, media and telecommunications leader Stuart ...

AIST lobbies govt to keep LISC payment disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... concessional payments, a strategy which AIST said will 'mask' the benefits of the LISC. AIST executive manager, policy and research, David Haynes, said LISC payments should be transparent and fully disclosed to beneficiaries. "Separate disclosure of ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... important social issue, where it bites is the economic and investment cost. In September this year the Credit Suisse Research Institute released a landmark report,A The CS Gender 3000 Women in Senior Management report, that found based on a study of ...