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Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its June 1 monetary policy meeting and interest rate decision. The RBA also releases credit/debit card data for April. RBA deputy governor Ric Battellino addresses the Financial ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... portfolio while Epoch will manage the international shares portion. Macquarie Investment Management is managing the fixed interest portion and Goldman Sachs/JBWere will look after the hybrids portfolio. All managers will work on AXA's Income Generator ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... of China. So much so that countries in the region have regained enough confidence in their economies to start lifting interest rates. India's central bank has already hiked twice since March this year. Just yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... starting to find jobs. LONDON - European stock exchanges ended higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank left interest rates at a record low and promised short-term liquidity to the financial sector. An upbeat report from the Federal Reserve ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... financial market upheaval is creating downward pressure on a still fragile recovery. The orthodox response would be to relax interest rates and increase fiscal spending. Authorities did both to counter GFC I. Now, they've run out of ammo. Interest rates ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...

AvSuper axes ME Bank mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... take up rates, and weighed that against how the whole fund was affected [by the mandate], the fund took a members' best interest approach," said Griffiths. Members who have an existing ME Bank account or home loan will not be subject to change as a result ...

Members call for investment choice

ASFA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... shows an increasing number that do. "The Cooper Review is the industry's opportunity to push for what is in the best interest of fund members and to secure and enhance our super system. It could be a very long time before we get another opportunity like ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Mark Mobius, executive chair at Templeton Asset Management, said private equity firms could play a major role in developing Africa's natural resources. Mobius said the investment outlook for Africa is positive as its agricultural products and abundance ...