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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
German business sentiment The Ifo business climate index for Germany dipped to a reading of 106.6 in April from 106.7 in the previous month, disappointing market expectations for an increase to 107.1. The current conditions component of the index also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... 'Family finances compared to a year ago' decreased by 3.8%. The one component that recorded an increase was the sub-index for 'time to buy a major household item' - up 1.0% over the month. Separate indices for housing and employment registered mixed ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Small cap shares have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015 ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... conducive to such investing. "We are pleased to see ideas raised through FCLT take practical form in this important new index for global markets. The Index is smart and innovative and we will be looking hard at how we might add it to our toolkit for ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... international equities. The other part was relative performance. While there are divergent strategies in each group, the main index for Australian equities (S&P/ASX200) returned -0.7% while international equities (the MSCI All Countries ex-Australia ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
SelectingSuper has released its final MySuper performance index for 2014/15 confirming that while fund returns dipped below double digit to 9.5% due the 4% fall in equity markets in June, three and five year returns are approaching record high levels. ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... for inflation remains contained. Here's the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' blurb: "The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 1.4 percent in the second quarter, in contrast ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... domestic product figures are due out and the Australian Industry Group releases its Australian Performance of Services Index for May. In Australia, the market on Tuesday fell heavily again, its fourth day of losses in the last five. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Maybe this time. Another day, another crack at that round numbered psychological level (hurdle?) of 6,000 points. The S&P/ASX 200 index has done so repeatedly over the past few weeks only to be pushed back. It tried again yesterday, reached a high of ...