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Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... 1,411.94, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.83 (0.06 per cent) to 2,987.95. The first government estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product growth came in at 2.0 per cent, a healthy rebound from 1.3 per cent in the prior quarter but still too ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... And oh, there's also the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. And oh, for a longer-term worry, there's now PIMCO's Bill Gross warning of the inflationary consequences of the Fed's QEs. Then there's Europe where 'el problemo del dia' is Spain and Greece. ...

Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... Fund). The Wholesale Fund and Currency Fund hold 20% and 24%, respectively, of the Main Fund, which, at 31 December 2011, had gross assets of $418 million, making it a mid-tier mortgage fund. Other unitholders hold the remaining 56% in the Main Fund. ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... because of indices which evaluate weightings with a rear-view approach, he said. An alternative analysis which excludes the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution of state companies, to determine residual GDP is a better approach, he said. "In compiling ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Also overnight, the Spanish parliamentary cabinet approved a budget to reduce the 2013 budget deficit to 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product in 2013, from 6.3 per cent this year. Commonwealth Securities market analyst Steven Daghlian said while Spain's ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... and reinsurance costs during the last financial year, according to KPMG. KPMG's General Insurance Survey 2012 found that gross written premiums increased 8.3% to $28,602 million, while underwriting surplus fell from $1,229 million to a deficit of $438 ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered 22.49% p.a. annualised gross of fees over two years to 30 June 2012. Judges said that market neutral and global macro strategies dominated performance in ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... just the first year if the fiscal cliff is triggered. From a current 7.3%, the budget deficit will shrink to just 0.4% of gross domestic product by 2018 if the fiscal cliff path is taken. So triggering the fiscal cliff is actually a better, not worse ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Wednesday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release the June quarter National Accounts figures, including gross domestic product, while the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... said the market's focus this week likely would be domestic economic data releases, including retail sales, employment and gross domestic product. National turnover was million 330.8 securities worth $428.4 million, with 277 stocks up, 279 down and 248 ...