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US Treasury to announce regulatory overhaul

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... Treasury Department has proposed sweeping changes to how their financial markets should be regulated by consolidating its huge number of regulators and bringing practices up top date to what happens around the world. The New York Times has reported that ...

Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... Raising deeper concerns should be that in 1960 dwellings also accounted for 52 of household wealth, highlighting that while the huge public policy initiatives in superannuation have been a boon for the investment industry, they have actually done little ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... boasts 37 trillion cubic-meter reserves of coalbed methane, ranking third is size after Russia and Canada. "Currently, China's huge CBM reserves remain largely underdeveloped mainly due to a lack of technology and inadequate investment. We are excited ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Treasury boss Ken Henry's speech last week continues to attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the ...

Optimix to use local Indian know-how

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... research the market I might not be able to get in as many doors as someone who already has the contacts there. That makes a huge difference."

ING IM target resource rich states

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... increase its exposure to Asian emerging markets. "Asia is clearly a strong point for us, especially in Asian property. There's a huge demand for housing as these countries change so we'll continue to enter that market," he said. Ultimately ING IM would ...

Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

... into their super against how much they need to have a comfortable retirement. The research confirmed the obvious: that a huge number of working Australians - 3.4 million to be exact - are still falling short on their retirement savings. But key trends ...

Bad weather dampens Suncorp profits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... October 2007 forecast of $10 million to $15 million pre tax." In November last year, Suncorp Investment Management suffered a huge blow when its Australian equities team resigned to start a boutique.

SBI eyes infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
The State Bank of India (SBI) has positioned its portfolios to capture the expected boost in domestic infrastructure investment in India. Aashish Wakankar, SBI Funds Management vice president and fund manager, said the lack of infrastructure to support ...

New era for investment analysts

... infrastructure, private equity - and ways to manage portfolio construction in that framework," she said. "Recognition of how huge the equity risk is in these portfolios and how to manage them is big. Inflation proofing portfolios has also become an interesting ...