NakedFunds uncovers investment in Graincorp

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The NakedFunds Australian Share Fund (NakedFunds) has invested in Graincorp (GNC). Each month NakedFunds directly engages with its Members (investors and potential investors) while conducting detailed research and analysis on

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Aviva Investors receives fund management licence for Taiwan

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Aviva Investors today announced that it has received a Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise (SICE) licence for Taiwan from the Financial Supervisory Commission. The licence allows Aviva Investors to open its

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Talking Asia with David Urquhart

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David discusses how he deals with rising inflation in Asia, what’s driving the IPO boom in the region and talks about some stocks he likes. At the moment, there is

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Insync FM Doesn’t Hold Banks in its Global Portfolio – Why not?

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Insync FM Would Also Find it Difficult to Hold Australian Banks in a Global Fund Given: Their overweight home loan portfolios Their regional outlook Their recent dividend performance Sydney-based international

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Can Indonesia be Asia’s star bourse for a third straight year?

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Indonesia’s stock market in 2010 was the star performer among the 10 countries in the MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index for a second straight year.1 So far, however, 2011 hasn’t been

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Lending slides; Futures market bets on rate cut

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Lending finance; RBA Board minutes; New Car Sales Lending slumped in January. Total lending finance fell for the first time in the five months – down by 6.0 per cent

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The Great Sendai Earthquake of 2011

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Perspectives At 2.46pm on Friday March 11, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred off the north east coast of Japan near Sendai, triggering a 10 metre tsunami

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Credit cards on the outer; Petrol on the rise

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Credit card lending; Weekly Petrol Price Credit card balances are growing at the slowest annual pace in 16 months. The average credit card balance in January was up just 0.8

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China: Food inflation remains high

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Chinese economic data Inflation prints above forecast. China’s annual inflation rate held steady in February at 4.9 per cent, but was above expectations centred on a result near 4.8 per

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Slow motion market recovery ahead, says Russell chief investment strategist

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Warns investors on over-optimism Predicting high single to low double digit global returns Russell Investments is expecting a slow motion market recovery, according to its March 2011 market commentary. Andrew

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