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No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... since November 2001 - a positive for labour market prospects. Greener shoots. Standard & Poor's reaffirmed America's AAA sovereign credit rating. Ten of the US's big banks repaid US$68 billion in TARP funds to the government and promised to start immediate ...

China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The world's ninth largest sovereign wealth fund, the $240 billion China Investment Corporation, is embarking on a recruitment spree to boost its investment teams. A statement released yesterday on the CIC website noted that they were seeking "qualified ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The month of May was always going to be an iffy one. Much ink has been spilt on research proving that the adage, 'sell in May, then go away', has a ring of truth. Well...now here we are, May's gone and those that went away regret that they did not decide ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... undue credit? Equity and bond markets have been shaken by Standard & Poor's warning that it might downgrade the UK's sovereign credit rating. Barely two years have passed and Standard and Poor's -- by any standard - have regained full credit-rating credibility. ...

AustralianSuper hires fixed income manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Portfolio Partners, Aviva Life and Colonial Mutual. He has expertise across a range of fixed interest investments including sovereign bonds, credit, currency and cash. Mark Delaney, chief investment officer at AustralianSuper, said Hopper has a high ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
You've been warned, Australia! Standard & Poor's and Moody's threatened Australia with a downgrade in its sovereign risk rating if the National Budget remains in deficit over the medium term. My, oh my, I am so scared. And so we all should be. Because ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ...

Global debt volumes jump one-third

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... as government demand squeezes out private sector borrowers. According to Thomson Reuters debt market analysis, Asian sovereign debt grew 88 per cent while corporate bond issuance grew only 22 per cent. Asia's debt was raised through 155 issues in Japan ...

Sovereign adds two principals

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Sovereign Investment Research has appointed John Peterson and Helen Murdoch as principals. Peterson previously worked at the Reserve Bank between 1979 and 1983 and then joined Bankers Trust Australia. During his time at Bankers Trust Australia he worked ...

Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... potentially have direct share ownership in the banks bailed out during last year's crisis could dilute the returns of sovereign wealth funds and pensions funds that hold stake in US finance stocks. This week the US government, in concert with the Federal ...