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Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... 1,091,000 permits in June. US housing market conditions have become an important indicator since the collapse of the sub-prime market last year. This is because stability in home prices is a necessary requisite for stability in the US credit markets. ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... nearly one in two will review their policies to evaluate whether the returns from these programs are worth the risks post sub-prime. "The credit crisis served as a difficult reminder that there are no free lunches in investing," said Greenwich Associates ...

UBS restructures core business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... investment bank UBS is separating its business into three separate divisions in a bid to make the bank more effective post sub-prime. The group will now operate as three autonomous business entities. The firm said the new structure would provide greater ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Management and Industry Funds Management. Grant is the former chief executive of Cbus and De Salis worked as an adviser to former prime minister Paul Keating and later for AMP. The new appointments could be perceived as strengthening Weaven's influence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... points to end at 13,168.41. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed down 0.99 per cent on Friday as worries over the US sub-prime crisis and a decline in China-listed shares hit stocks. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 218.99 points at 21,885.21. WELLINGTON ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff around about fees and getting internal efficiencies in funds but contributions is the ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... well getting on board when we did'." There are also big opportunities transitioning current major industries. "When the Prime Minister was recently in China he said to the Chinese that we are the world's biggest coal exporter and they are the biggest ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime crisis triggered meltdowns in major indexes including losses of 24.1 per cent for the MSCI World Index (unhedged) and 38.3 ...

Sub-prime divorce binge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The sub-prime induced credit crunch blowing a hole in the wallets of well-heeled London couples is fuelling a spike in divorces among stockbrokers, financial analysts and hedge fund managers. According to a report in the Economist magazine, City couples ...

Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... reflect trends up to the end of December last year, prior to the market entering a further slump triggered by the US sub-prime crisis. Between December 2006 and December 2007, Australia's funds under management per capita grew 38 per cent from $50,753 ...