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Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... recognising 52 firms in 17 countries with a commitment to building gender-equal workplaces. Australia was featured in the index for the first time, with ANZ, Bank of Queensland, QBE and Westpac appearing. Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden ...

Forager to launch Australian shares LIT

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... won't be compromised by redemption requests. The fund itself has delivered 10.03% per annum over the ASX All Ordinaries Index for five years.

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... MSCI emerging market index returned 11.4% 2016-to-September, this has wilted to only 6.8%. This compares with the MSCI index for developed equity markets' return of 3.1% tops this year and 4.8% recently. Emerging market equities outperformance has dwindled. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Australia CB leading indicator The Conference Board leading economic index for Australia advanced by 0.5% to a reading of 104.5 in September from 104.0 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since April last year and takes the year-on-year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... optimism for the fourth quarter to -8 from -47 in the previous period. Germany business sentiment The Ifo business climate index for Germany rose to 110.5 in October from 109.5 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for an unchanged ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... having a positive impact on sentiment among the country's large manufacturers and non-manufacturers alike. The sentiment index for large manufacturers stood at 6 in the September quarter - the same reading as in the March and June 2016 quarters that ...

A-REIT added to Asgard platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... growing interest in, and support for, an A-REIT securities fund that looks outside the mainstream S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index for investment opportunities." Sammut said the index is highly concentrated with the top two A-REITs, Westfield and Scentre, comprising ...

AB fund receives rating upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... fund uses the Bloomberg Ausbond Bank Bill Index (BAUBIL) as a performance benchmark but does not reference any market index for the purpose of portfolio construction. In its report Lonsec said it has conviction in lead portfolio manager John Taylor and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... recorded in perceptions for "overall livelihood" (39.7 from 39.6 in April) and "employment" (42.9 from 42.8) while the index for "income growth" was unchanged at 40.8. Although this is good news for household consumption, we'll have to see if this single ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... economic sentiment index's lead - it fell to a reading of 16.8 in May from 21.5 in April. The ZEW economic sentiment index for Germany fell to 6.4 in May from 11.2 in the previous month and much less than expectations for an increase to a reading of ...