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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... you look at the demand that will be created from the floods, it will be quite outstanding - demand for electrical goods, a huge demand for infrastructure replacement. "You'll have a massive employment squeeze, so people will be needed for both the mines ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... sustainable. "Something will have to change to keep New Zealand Super affordable for the long term. We know that there's a huge number of baby boomer superannuants coming, and we can't keep on ignoring this issue until it's too late. New Zealand Super ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Management Corporation says that "bonds are an accident waiting to happen" and that the global economy is on the cusp of "a huge structural shift, probably one that we haven't seen since 1900." Leo De Bever, who now heads up the $75 billion Alberta Investment ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... funds for stronger equity markets next year, primarily through anticipated gains in the resources sector, which makes up a huge chunk of our market. He thinks the market is "undercooking" commodity prices, in particular coking coal and iron ore, where ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... expectation that the government will use the funds for its own purposes and current expenditures. Analysts see the move as a huge backward step for the country as it effectively shifts away from an almost fully funded system based on defined contributions ...

VIP hedge funds open doors

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... quant-investing pioneer Citadel Investment Group. It also includes Paulson & Co, a hedge fund that gained notoriety after making huge returns from accurately predicting the meltdown in the market for subprime mortgage securities. Since inception in November ...

Perpetual FUM stable despite KKR bid

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... takeover would not affect client money, and the news that its FUM has remained stable despite lingering uncertainty comes as a huge boost for the company as it continues "exploratory discussions" with KKR.

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... segments could be more cohesive in 15 years. The fact that not-for-profit funds have one stakeholder - the members - will have a huge impact on how they view the industry should operate, versus their retail funds which often have shareholders as well ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... research manager, will be looking after the retail division in the interim. "I think it will be a quick process, there is a huge amount of talent both internally and externally," said Phillips. "I'm confident we will have one, if possible two, new appointments ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... following the second round of quantitative easing, outstanding sovereign issues globally and many OECD governments still with huge amounts of debt. "In the next five years, we expect an unraveling. There will be cracks in the system just because it is ...