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Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... The Fund tracks the Market Vectors Australia Equal Weight Index, which provides greater diversification across industries versus traditional market cap-weighted indices." Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF is designed to track a purpose-built ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... valuation and sentiment factors. In its analysis, Lonsec said it believes the Fund may exhibit moderate expected tracking error versus its benchmark and may suit investors seeking a benchmark-unaware exposure to emerging markets. Pim van Vliet and Arlette ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... accounts - exports up 2.4% on the quarter, imports down by 0.6% -- with only a tad depreciation (minus 4.3%) in the dollar-A versus the dollar-US in the fourth quarter. How good is that? Even better, the national accounts (if you really dig hard enough) ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Report estimates that the additional administrative and regulatory burden costs Australian advisers an extra $15,284.10 versus their international peers with the work adding up to nearly 205 hours each year that could be spent on more profitable tasks ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... to lift interest rates by 150 bps to 7% -- in order to halt the ruble sell-off (down 1.8% overnight and 10% for the year versus the US dollar). The financial markets' reaction was hardly surprising - risk assets dropped and safe-haven ones rose. This ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... biggest economy. And yes, I mentioned short because some speculators might be thinking just that - shorting the Chinese yuan versus the greenback - from here on after the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) allowed the country's legal tender to fall by nearly ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... also laughed all the way to the bank last year. For in 2013 the Japanese yen dropped by 21.7% against the US dollar, 26.5% versus the euro and 24.5% versus sterling. Why? Because the yen's depreciation has cheapened Japanese equities valuation while ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... particular explanation for last night's rebound. It was because US factory orders fell less than expected in December - 1.5% versus 1.8% -- and therefore the US economy is not heading for cactusville as feared the day before. Woo-hoo! Sure, like many ...

Challenger Diversified Property Group reports earnings growth

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... $22.9 million for the same period the previous year. Net profit after tax (statutory) fell to $15.2 million for the period versus $20.8 million the previous year. Challenger attributed the fall to investment property fair value adjustments of $9 million ...