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Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... makes these industries a very appealing investment case," he said. "Upstream suppliers are under immense pressure to fill the huge quantity of orders for component parts such as solar cells, wind turbines, gear boxes and rotor blades, notably in Asian ...

Under Aviva's umbrella

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... in Australia, we've identified through our strategic investigations that the problem of underinsurance in the market was huge, so we wanted to make sure we addressed that issue particularly among our members," said Andrew Barker, general manager wealth ...

Property back to fair value

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... values in Australia across the board - commercial, retail, and industrial," said Hannon. "It's not going to necessarily have a huge impact on the net tangible assets of the individual securities. The issue is that the market favours buying these large ...

SimCorp edges back to front

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... uncertain markets as institution administration technology feels the pressure from managers and compliance groups. "This is a huge opportunity, the volatility in the market is stress testing systems just through volume. Secondly, the regulators will ...

Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
There may be a debate emerging about whether we really do have an inflation problem, but inflation is a hugely significant problem that should never go unchecked. Prompting the discussion is that remedies to attack it are seen by some commentators as ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... their economy around. In yesterday's State of the Union address, President Bush said their recurrent fiscal budget is such a huge blackhole that it will take another four years for it even to come into balance while they have to also get on the front ...

Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... National Australia Financial Planning, where he implemented successful plans to build planner numbers. "We believe there is huge potential in the Queensland market, which is home to many investment savvy Australians, some of which are already working ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... markets. We've seen a reasonable level of activity and caution in investors' attitudes, but it doesn't mean that there's been a huge outflow specifically from equity investments. What we're definitely seeing however, is a drying up of inflow into the ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Following a decade-long bear market that led to a huge sell-off in the 1990s, China's investors have experienced spectacular stock gains since the wave of partial privatisations two years ago. But a dramatic sell-down that shaved 10 per cent off share ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... economy, the United States, has a number of glaring failures on the human rights front - the death sentence, Guantanamo and its huge prison population are three that spring to mind," he said. However, Hunter Hall does have a strict exclusion policy within ...