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The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... German investor confidence from a record low of -63.9 in July to -55.5 in August. Closer to home, the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent and noted that it has a negative view on Japan's economic growth given high inflation and ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Retirement System (CalPERS) is rolling out a two-year specialised investment strategy for infrastructure - heralding its interest in increased portfolio diversity. According to a statement by CalPERS, the $274 billion fund intends to allocate up to three ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... mortgage finance is central to the problem." Today's financial market activity will focus on the Bank of Japan's decision on interest rates and the minute of the Reserve Bank of Australia's August monetary policy meeting. Markets expect the Japanese ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... managed, investing in both futures and cash. The fund can trade over 100 futures markets worldwide, including share, bond, interest rate, currency and commodity futures markets. "The fund employs a managed futures strategy. [It] takes long and short ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... depart from the rhetoric the RBA has made over the past few weeks and re-affirm its benign view on view on inflation and interest rates. US: There is little economic data coming out of the US this week. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) ...

Defeat death taxes when merging accounts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... strategy for the superannuation fund and then orient the new account to more conservative investments, such as fixed interest. Place investments with the greater capital growth potential into the partially tax exempt account, said Partners Superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... yesterday's local close of $US832.90. Gold slid overnight as strong US inflation numbers boosted the case for higher interest rates and a recovering US dollar. Silver and copper also declined. BHP Billiton, the biggest company listed on the exchange ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Market report by Celent, around 22 per cent of all retail investors in South Korea are active traders, with most having an interest in derivatives trading. However the conservative nature of the nation's brokerage houses and tight regulation have curbed ...

Comm Bank halts ABN AMRO talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Commonwealth Bank stopped negotiating with the Royal Bank of Scotland to purchase ABN AMRO Australian Holdings, citing uncertainty in financial markets. In a statement, the Commonwealth Bank said it decided to end negotiations with the Royal Bank ...

QIC favours endowment funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... billion QIC has poured $570 million into US endowment-style fund manager Global Endowment Fund - marking QIC's continued interest in the sector. GEM, led by ex-Duke Endowment CIO Stephanie Lynch and former Duke University Management chief executive Thruston ...