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No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... shift in traditional retail and advertising dollars to online," he explained. "These stocks represent 26% of our portfolio versus the market's 0.5% and they haven't disappointed, producing profit growth in the double digits." "And shareholders should ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... that if total industry FUM had continued along its pre-GFC growth trend, the market could well have reached $2.5 trillion versus the current figure of $1.5 trillion. Rainmaker said the $1 trillion gap, equivalent to potential fund fees of $30 billion ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... emerging market debt?" he said. He pointed towards improving debt-to-GDP ratios and credit ratings in the emerging world versus the opposite in developed economies, as well as other supportive factors. "People ask me about political upheaval in emerging ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... overnight. Its paltry 0.04% gain overnight was enough to put it in the running for the longest straight days of gains - nine versus the 10 days achieved in November 1996. It could match this tomorrow - and break it the day after - given the strong tailwind ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
An industry spot poll found that financial advisers are open to switching from a 70:30 split on their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... expectations. Base on this, the Australian and US equity markets are both trading above their long-term average P/Es - 18.9 times versus a long-term average of 14.7 times for Australia and 17.5 times against 16.2 times for America. As for dividend yields ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... to ASX's latest report, ETPs are by far the largest category listed under Management Investments with 90 ETPs registered versus 51 listed investment companies and 10 absolute return funds. "ETPs are proving popular due to the flexibility of being able ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong. He pointed to the relative weakening of Europe and the US amid debt and fiscal concerns versus the comparatively low levels of debt and higher interest rates in smaller economies such as Australia. "Thanks to its ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Briscoe says that there is a significant differential between the yields on offer in investment-grade Asian corporates versus global investment grade bonds. "If we look at Asian corporate bonds, they're predominantly investment-grade markets, but they're ...