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Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Fed feeds equity market fervour. If you look at today's headlines, this is the message the various financial news services are trying to convey. "Wall St ends on 17-month high as rates hold" was Reuters' headline. Bloomberg had "U.S. Stocks Rise as ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... user of sub-advisory, the biggest Australian fixed interest manager and the third biggest cash manager. But in a major surprise, they are the biggest user of hedge funds in Australia, noted the researcher.

Brand the top concern for finance industry

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... positions this year. Paul Venning, national general manager of Aon Corporate Risk Services noted that it was of little surprise that damage to brand and image was the top risk concern for companies for the third year in a row. "It's an issue that is ...

Just cash, thanks

TYNDALL RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... Tyndall/Suncorp Investment Management. "As such, many of these funds delivered negative returns, much to the investors' surprise." Despite being a new product, the fund already has funds under management of over $1.9 billion from both from internal sources ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... in February and for the jobless rate to remain stuck at 5.3 per cent. No need to cross your fingers. The numbers may surprise on the upside, they may surprise on the downside. But one thing is clear, Australia looks like it's getting luckier by the day. ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... employment numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days. By more if the report comes out with a big surprise." Well, from the looks of the first trading day on Wall Street, the employment numbers haven't done much! That's why ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days -- by more if the report comes out with a big surprise.

Longevity swaps to top £10bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Friday, the Australian share market finished lower amid profit-taking and a fall on Asian bourses, dragged down after a surprise interest rate rise by the US central bank. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 19.8 points, or 0.43 per cent ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers, new research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum ...