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Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... Sandringham Dividend Income trust, an ASX listed investment product, has been playing on. The trust aims to provide investors with gross income returns in excess of the cash rate while minimising capital risk. How? It invests in the top 30 Australian ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to lower the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7 per cent. Australian real gross domestic product advanced by a meagre 0.3 per cent in the June quarter - the slowest quarterly growth rate in three and a ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... cent increase in service exports. This will make a positive contribution to second quarter real GDP. Australian company gross operating profits rose by 14.3 per cent in the June quarter to a 13-year high. This is much, much higher than market expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... per cent, to 5,143.3. NEW YORK - US stocks have ended the day sharply higher after a better-than-expected reading on the gross domestic product and a drop in jobless claims gave investors some reassurance that the economy is holding up. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... today after European and US bourses rose moderately, despite both Germany and France reporting contraction in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was up 20 points ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... benchmark structure," she said. So far, the fund manager's strategies seem to be on the ball. The fund posted a three year gross return figure of 14 per cent per annum, and a one year return figure of 22 per cent as at the end of last month. The QIC ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Indian equities are right for the picking as price to earnings (P/E) ratios fall and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) continues to grow at more than nine per cent per annum, according to John Pereira, India Equities Fund chief executive. Pereira ...

nabInvest buys stake in Singapore REIT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... real estate assets primarily in the industrial sector. The trust's property portfolio comprises of 43 buildings, with a gross book value of $767.2 million. The trust wholly owns all buildings and all properties are fully leased. The deal means the joint ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... growth and the job market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points. The Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product grew 1.9 per cent in the second quarter. Economists polled by Thomson Financial/IFR had expected growth ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
A review of APRA's return on assets (ROA) statistics commissioned by IFSA has recommended the regulator publish actual gross and net fund performance figures so consumers can compare the impact of advice. The report, produced by the International Centre ...