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Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... governance, which have transformed Australia into one of the world's most competitive, least unequal, and well-managed economies". "As global economic power shifts to Asia, Asia will also need support of countries outside the region to help with its ...

Payden & Rygel lands VicSuper mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... & Rygel in June 2011. "Much has been written about the attractions of investing in the higher growth emerging market economies, but to date the majority of Australian investors have focused on equities," said Grant Samuel chief executive, Andrew McKinnon. ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... other government and central bank authorities around the world. Simply because it is in no one's best interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even the bears. A fact highlighted by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde's weekend announcement ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... France's 5-year paper increased to 1.83% from 1.78% it paid last month. It seems like a dive all right. Two of Europe's big economies paying high interest rates for their borrowings. Spain and France are doomed - according to reports their credit ratings ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
World economies have reacted to news the US has retained its hold of the presidency of the World Bank following a vote. The executive directors of the World Bank Group voted Dr. Jim Yong Kim as president for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... seeking the exposure are based in Asia or the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), highlighting how the petro dollar economies are increasingly integrated into the North American economies. "Sovereign wealth funds have a continued interest in private ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... a significant reduction in the number of accounts. "That has to be a good thing but the flow on implications for the economies of funds," said Wickham. "If you suddenly have 20% fewer members in a fund, that can cause the costs to rise because fund now ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Australian commonwealth government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... to be paying dividends. In the middle of last month, when Reuters' survey of 250 economists revealed that, "Developed economies will pick up steam this year thanks to an array of ultra-loose monetary policies from major central banks and amid new signs ...

Macquarie launches EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... portfolio of 40 to 70 companies. "Investors are always looking for new investment opportunities and at a time when developed economies continue to be volatile, the opportunity to invest in emerging markets has gained more interest among investors," said ...