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Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... tears - bucketfuls of it - as the global financial crisis took its toll first on financial markets and then on entire economies. So what now? Given the current investment environment, stimulus measures and improving economic and survey stats in the US ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... add alpha to their returns. "The economic downturn post the GFC has highlighted the resilience of the Asian ex-Japan economies and opportunity to allocate to specialist managers in this region to exploit the continued GDP growth [there]. "Another theme ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... growth, particularly given the doomsday scenario being flagged left, right and centre at the time of extreme pressure on economies and financial markets? Just look at the US. Trillions of dollars spent and it still struggles to get back on its feet. ...

HSBC unveils EM equity fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The fund gives local investors exposure to some of the world's fastest growing economies in Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Latin America. Managed by HSBC Global Asset Management's active management ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... international equities did not completely come undone until this index peaked in mid-2008. Back then investors thought emerging economies would provide a cushion to deteriorating conditions in the developed nations. But as the financial crisis turned ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... flows from developed countries, which suffered 29 per cent declines from 2007 to 2008. Developing nations and transition economies grew their share in global FDI flows to 43 per cent in 2008, noted the report. The UN also noted a "marked downturn" in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... strong rally and waited for the outcome of a key US Federal Reserve meeting and a summit of the Group of 20 leading world economies. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 38.53 points, or 0.74 per cent to 5,134.36 points. FRANKFURT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... investor optimism that the global economic downturn is over the worst and that a tentative recovery is underway in major economies. US industrial production data, merger and acquisition activity and US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... wrong. It could be an L with the horizontal part of the letter longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try fix economies and they're sure to muck it up. What's gotten to US President Obama? In one word and three numbers - Section 421. Section ...