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CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... burgeoning global population is putting finite resources under pressure. According to the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank, the world's population will grow from 6.5 billion people in 2005 to over 9 billion people by 2050 - that's an additional ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... costing America more than US$200 billion per annum in lost growth and around 1 million jobs. Bomb the renminbi now! The World Bank and the IMF are using a different tact. The World Bank "advices" that a stronger renminbi would help dampen inflation pressure ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... its cheapest level since 1986. The global institutions. It has been a very long while since we last heard from the World Bank (WB), so long that some doesn't know it still exists. So when it re-appeared over the weekend, it had to be sensational. It ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... economic management and policy development and continues to serve as a member of the independent advisory board of the World Bank," said Stuart. BKK Partners specialises in corporate and strategic advice, takeover defence, merger & acquisitions, capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... equities, ABB Grain Ltd shareholders will meet to consider a scheme of arrangement to enable takeover by Viterra Inc. The World Bank will launch a report titled Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times in Sydney and other cities around ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... serious impact not just on the finances of African women but on their mortality rates too, said Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank vice president for the Africa Region. The global economic crisis will drastically reduce African women's individual incomes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... last three months and there isn't a lot of catalyst for that momentum to continue," Mr Spiteri said. "We saw that the World Bank's comments earlier this week impacted across most markets around the world (which) fell 2-3 per cent, and now they have just ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... contemporary economic evidence remains mixed. And forecasts? Oh please don't get me started on forecasts again. The World Bank lowered its global economic growth forecasts for 2009 and 2010 just last Monday. And guess what? The OECD was in print overnight ...

Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... flat but commodity prices - an indicator of global growth -- resumed their rally. Much hullabaloo had been made of the World Bank's grimmer 2009/2010 global forecast. Many were scared. But as I've pointed out many, many times in the past, a forecast ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... cent, at $19.36. US stocks tumbled on Monday in their worst single-day loss in two months. The fall came after the World Bank estimated the global economy will shrink 2.9 per cent in 2009. It previously predicted a 1.7 per cent contraction. The Dow Jones ...