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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
'This is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type of event.' (Alan Greenspan). Are we headed for a repeat of the global depression of the 1930s? This might sound too alarmist but indeed, quite a possibility as one giant US financial ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Here we go again. If the overnight performance of the European and US stockmarkets are anything to go by, Asian and Australian equities are in for another rough trading day. Wall Street and European bourses tumbled last night as fears of a global slowdown ...

Hedge fund to invest $500m into carbon capture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Hedge fund group Och-Ziff is investing $500 million in carbon capture projects to create tradable greenhouse gas reduction abatement securities. The investment projects will focus on adaptive technology that will be attached to smokestacks of utility ...

Godfrey Pembroke appoints MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
MLC Advice Solutions promoted Tom Reddacliff to general manager of its advice business Godfrey Pembroke. Reddacliff replaces Mark Rantall who is working on developing the training programs for financial advisers with the NAB Academy. Prior to this role ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, buoyed by financial stocks in the lead-up to a widely expected cut in official interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia this afternoon. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 36.8 points ...

More super to move into daily pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
In the future, more super funds will behave like fund managers, giving members a chance to see how much their savings are worth on a daily basis - a radical departure from today's convention of monthly, quarterly and yearly valuations. The debate surrounding ...

US ETF appetite strong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... ETFs, which is a testament to the increasingly vital role ETFs play in the growing number of portfolios and strategies," said Tom Anderson, report author and head of research at State Street's Intermediary Business Group. The report found there is strong ...

Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
What do ARIA, First State Super and Plum have in common? They all bagged the top awards at last year's ASFA Communication Awards, and will soon pass the baton to this year's shortlist, to be revealed tomorrow. A record 46 entries were submitted at this ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... toolset software will continue to be based and developed in Australia even after their acquisition by BlackRock Solutions. Tom Fortin, managing director of BlackRock Solutions, said the uniqueness of Impact Investing will give BlackRock's normally fixed ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The RBA did not disappoint market expectations and announced no change in the official interest rate of 7.25 percent while markets interpreted the RBA's accompanying statement as an indication that an interest rate reduction is in the offing. In its ...