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Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... 3.0%. The disappointing retail sales report - up 0.1% in the month of July and 1.9% over the year - and the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index that showed activity in the sector remained in contraction territory for the 26th straight month in August ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... arrivals and departures numbers for July. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due to be released. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market ...

Sagging commodities see drop in foreign investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... deputy chair Paul Khoury said there was a clear correlation between the amount of assets under sub-custody and the performance of the mining sector in Australia. FSC chief economist James Bond confirmed that the slowing commodities boom and lower interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... releases the business indicators for June quarter and building approvals data for July. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for month just ended is due out as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will focus on the performance of reinsurance groups as a way to prevent the negative effects on the insurance industry if a reinsurer was downgraded or failed. APRA senior manager Kate Bible said ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... enforcement agency." On 2 and 4 December 2009, while in possession of inside information relating to the financial performance of Gunns, Gay placed orders to sell more than 3.4 million Gunns shares. This trading was prior to the release of Gunns' half ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... based on past performance. In recommendation 4.6, the review said: "It should be mandatory, when referring to past performance of a MySuper product or a choice investment option, to disclose a standardised measure of the uncertainty or volatility associated ...

Executive pay under spotlight in new ACSI guidelines

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has published new governance guidelines outlining how it will assess the behaviour and performance of public company directors. The updated guidelines, developed in consultation with ACSI member funds, focus on investor ...

NAB Wealth flat as bank's profit rises 2%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... profit to $1.5 billion in its latest quarterly update. The bank followed AMP and ANZ in expressing concern about the performance of its insurance business which suffered from higher claims across the board, partially offset by lower disability claims. ...

Platinum reports stellar result

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... World Index and the Australian Index," he said. While the increase in NAV is a more appropriate measure of the performance of investment company, Platinum Capital's pre-tax operating profit was $74.8 million ($58.8 million after tax), representing a ...