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$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... investment in renewable energy, low emission and energy efficiency projects and technologies in Australia as well as manufacturing business and services that produce required inputs and achieve a benchmark rate of return based on a weighted average of ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Philly Fed surveys indicated that US growth momentum is on the slow lane. Headline: "China's Recovery Falters as Manufacturing Growth Cools". Opening para: "China's manufacturing is expanding at a slower pace this month on weakness in global and domestic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... ($A1.27) from $US1.3059 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly fell as fresh data showed Chinese manufacturing weakening further this month, while Japan's Nikkei succumbed to profit-taking and a pick-up in the yen. The latest figures ...

Russell reveals details of restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... company, Asia Pacific chief executive Alan Schoenheimer said yesterday. The investment division will be responsible for manufacturing and managing multi-asset solutions for clients. Locally it will be lead by chief investment officer Symon Parish and ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... low interest rates, which are likely to remain for the foreseeable future, combined with the energy revolution, manufacturing renaissance and a pickup in the housing market, have provided the ingredients for US GDP to accelerate into 2014," Potter explained. ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... 8.0% print and anxiety over the Boston bombings. And oh, indications that the US is slowing - both the Empire State manufacturing index and the NAHB confidence index dropped and disappointed. Tuesday: S&P 500 up 1.4% as traders forgot all about China ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... cannot be sold offshore) has grown to 44.6% of GDP in 2012 from below 35% of GDP 10 years ago -- nearly matching the manufacturing industry's 45.3% contribution. The details of the Chinese National Accounts confirm this with domestic consumption putting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... about a slowdown in the global economic engine. US data showing a larger-than-expected slowdown in New York state manufacturing in April and a drop in confidence of homebuilders added to growth concerns. LONDON - European stock markets fell and gold ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... jobs growth, while healthy in sectors such as health and social assistance, is being tempered by job losses in the manufacturing sector. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released today show that the nation's unemployment rate rose ...

Equipsuper appoints former Goldman Sachs CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... over $5.6 billion for 54,000 members and their employers. It services employers and members from the energy, water, manufacturing, health, legal and services sectors. Last month, it received authorisation from APRA for its MySuper product.