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Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... wider than the previous year - 11.8 billion pounds in Feb 2011 from 9.5 billion pounds in Feb 2010. The BOE could not risk raising interest rates to fight inflation while ignoring growth. Doing so endangers whatever economic improvements have been achieved ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Superannuation will be up for discussion at the Federal Government's October tax summit raising the spectre of further review, with industry figures asking for stability after a tumultuous few years. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... week. Many expect an interest rate hike to follow as Beijing continues to rein in growth to slow inflation. Speaking of raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of India did just that last week. It raised the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.75 per cent and ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... outside the top 10 funds on the global league table. The Future Fund grew by US$11.4 billion from US$59.6 billion last year, raising it from 15th place, Preqin said. In the 2011 Sovereign Wealth Fund Review, the research house estimated the largest sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... sentiment was the worsening European debt crisis and Chinese data that showed inflation hit 4.9 per cent in February, raising expectations of yet another rate hike. That prospect sent Chinese banking stocks tumbling. In Beijing, central bank chief Zhou ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Community Aid Programme (FICAP) staged its fifth successful fundraising event 'Who Wants To Be A RockStar?' last night, raising more than $120,000 for charity. Over 400 wealth management professionals gathered at the Loft in Sydney to see who will be ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Lowenstein. Merger talks between Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal industries have raised expectations of industry consolidation, raising equity prices although political unrest in the Middle East has tapered growth. According to Fidelity Investments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... dipped 0.5 per cent to $US105 a barrel after Kuwait's oil minister said that OPEC members are in informal talks about raising oil output as the conflict in Libya continues. Oil prices have risen nine per cent so far this month. That has pushed stocks ...

ACFS appoints Duffield as chair

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... "Furthermore, I believe that Jeremy's strong and current connection with US industry and academic circles will help ACFS in raising the bar on academic research quality," she said. Melbourne-based Duffield has replaced ACFS former chairman Syd Bone in ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... crisis is not going to stay silent for long. Moody's has reportedly downgraded Greek debt three notches from Ba1 to B1 - raising the spectre of default - and warned that this may be slashed further. I don't know about you but if you're still in Greece ...