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Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... statistics was produced, we exported the equivalent of approximately $7.3 billion and imported approximately $4.9 billion, for a huge trade surplus of $2.4 billion or about 20 per cent of our then estimated GDP of $12.5 billion. Compared to our current ...

Fidelity turns on hazard lights for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... choices more stringently, according to Fidelity. "The economic backdrop is less than rosy. Inflation while not appearing a huge problem at the moment could emerge as a real issue," Michael Gordon, head of investment strategy at Fidelity International ...

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... including industry funds - takes its compliance obligations seriously and would not impede a legitimate transfer. But she said a huge lift in workload for industry funds may be putting extra pressure on them when quick turn-arounds are requested. "When ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... is that he suggested that two per cent should be allocated in "innovation". "The risk optimisation portfolio doesn't have huge exposures to any particular asset category, with some set aside for innovation, so the organisation will go into strategies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... fairly solid lead form Wall St, but we did finish off the week last week with a bang," he said. "Really, there have not been a huge number of leads, again, the banks opened up strongly but have drifted back. "NAB has been stronger, but it was oversold ...

FICS raises maximum claim to $150k

... additional burden on planners who are members of FICS to stump up extra professional indemnity insurance, which can be a huge capital cost to small to mid size planning firms. "We are disappointed that FICS raised the limits above $100,000 because we ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... problem is India's investment management markets are currently too immature to source this money organically. This creates huge opportunities for foreigners notwithstanding the North Americans are already leading the charge, said Carter. India has a ...

Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... growth, which has totally transformed the way aspirational middle and upper class and high net worth Indians save, attracting huge retail inflows into the market. According to figures from the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), in 2004 one quarter of financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... think it will be quiet for most of the day." US stocks fell on Wednesday after an attempt to extend the previous session's huge rally faltered in the face of persistent worry that more fallout from the housing downturn and credit crunch lies ahead. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... YORK - US stocks turned lower late in the session on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq briefly dropping one per cent, a day after a huge rally. The blue-chip Dow average and the S&P 500 had spent much of the day in positive territory as an advance by the shares ...