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Sovereign fund takes shine to platinum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Sovereign fund Temasek and European-based pension fund APG are looking to invest more than $50 million each in a South African platinum exploration and development firm. Platmin announced that both parties have expressed an intention to buy over $50 ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The $1 trillion Islamic finance market is a crucial part of the Australian Government's strategy to make Australia a financial hub in Asia Pacific, according to Simon Crean, minister for trade. At the launch of the Government's booklet, Islamic Finance ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday with the Federal Reserve's positive statements about the state of the economic recovery in the US driving gains on Wall Street. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Financial planners are almost three times as likely than accountants to place self managed super fund (SMSF) clients on a platform, highlighting key differences in how the two professions are dealing with this booming market segment. The Investment ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. If everything continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as ...

Super jobs bonanza

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Job opportunities in super is booming with many super funds desperate to hire more admin, client services and investment professionals despite the market downturn. The latest Hays Quarterly Report noted that the superannuation industry is desperate ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
No more Libor pains. The trillions of dollars flooding the financial system have already bought optimism for an eventual economic recovery - now it is also buying trust. Trust among banks, that is. Yesterday, I talked about the Libor/OIS spread - a ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Managed accounts specialists Dalton Nicol Reid has picked up three dealer group mandates in the last month, including one from AMP. Jamie Nicol, chief investment officer of DNR, said that there's no doubt that the managed accounts market is booming ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...