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Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Constitutional Court to rule on its legality. Risk on became risk off as Apple's earnings disappointed - US$9.32/share versus estimates of US$10.37 per share -- and so too did sales of new US homes - down by 8.4% in June to an annualised rate of 350K ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... points at 4,037, with 8,166 contracts traded. European stock markets fell in choppy trade as the euro hit another record low versus the US dollar on persistent eurozone tensions with Spanish borrowing costs still at danger levels. At the close, London's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... points (0.94 per cent) to 2,862.99. LONDON - European stock markets fell in choppy trade as the euro hit another record low versus the US dollar on persistent eurozone tensions with Spanish borrowing costs still at danger levels. At the close, London's ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... Fund, Australian pension funds are behind the curve when it comes to allocation to alternative investments, with only 13% versus the global average of 22%. "It will be very difficult for all but the largest funds to undertake that work by themselves," ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... side of the trade equation was buried - for it was good. Exports grew by more than expected, 11.3% in the year to June versus expectations for a gain of 9.9%. But not only that, the rationale of a hard landing or slowing GDP growth premised on a substantial ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... update on the state of the jobs market -- for they all saw that it wasn't good. Employment increased by only 80,000 in June versus expectations for a gain of 100K. Uglier, net revisions for April and May showed 1,000 less heads employed than earlier ...

IOOF awards OC $50m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... current list of high quality investment managers," added Farmer. The OC Premium Wholesale Equity Strategy has returned 4.4% versus the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index -14.6% over the one year period and 20.2% p.a. versus the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... showed that the contraction in the mid-Atlantic manufacturing sector deepened in June, the index dropped to minus 16.6 versus May's minus 5.8 reading. US existing home sales decreased by 1.5% in May to an annualised rate of 4.55 million units - down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... boost the world's biggest economy and as a government emerged in crisis-struck Greece. The European single currency rose versus the dollar as traders also digested the outcome of a G20 summit aimed at stamping out fires in the 17-nation eurozone. At ...

Women in Super scholarships available now

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... provided by Women in Super was a powerful networking opportunity and helped her learn the difference between a Board CV versus a job CV. She was able to use this insight to begin developing alternative pathways to achieving company board roles. Another ...