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Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... Zealand enters a prolonged downturn unnecessarily.' This ominous outlook is consistent with the views indicated by last night's testimonies of Bank of England members, led by Governor Mervyn King, before the UK Parliament. King noted that since he last ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... growing in the financial markets over the flow of evidence that global growth economic activity is deteriorating. Just last night, the European Commission (EC) revised its 2008 growth forecast for Europe to 1.3 per cent from the previous estimate of ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund awards held last night highlighted 15 of the leading hedge fund managers in the country, with one awardee returning 39 per cent and another gaining as much as 265 per cent in the last 12 months. Admittedly it's been a tough ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... go by, Asian and Australian equities are in for another rough trading day. Wall Street and European bourses tumbled last night as fears of a global slowdown led to a broad-based sell-off in equities. Concerns over the global economy re-emerged after ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... fighting climate change, but constructive suggestions about how to make it work better. Speaking at the Sydney Institute last night, BCA President, Greg Gailey, said creating an emissions trading system (ETS) is the right way to fight climate change ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... Australian dollar's caused either. The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) August meeting, released last night -- show that the Fed 'did not see the current stance of policy as particularly accommodative.' In addition, the minutes revealed ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... the Australian stockmarket. Renewed concern over the financial sector and the outlook for global growth overwhelmed last night's better-than-expected US existing home sales report. Existing home sales increased by 3.1 per cent from 4.85 million units ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... market was two per cent higher at noon on gains from the financial sector following a strong lead from Wall Street on Friday night. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 100 points, or 2.03 per cent higher at 5031.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... Reserve officials are making noises about the need for tighter monetary policy. For instance, Fed President Lacker last night noted that current policy is 'very cumulative' and requires the Fed not to delay raising interest rates. Although he acknowledged ...