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VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... weaker-than-expected US headline growth data, offsetting record Spanish jobless figures that stoked concerns on the eurozone. US growth slowed sharply to 2.2 per cent in the first quarter from 3.0 per cent in the last three months of 2011 but consumer ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... has because of one month's disappointing US jobs report? It only reinforces the start of the year outlook that 2012 US growth would be slow. And this is bad because? Au contraire mon amie, it wasn't bad enough to get the Fed to start cranking its green ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
MLC has shaken up its global shares strategy allocations with a new fund manager and dropping allocations to others. Taking effect immediately, MLC has allocated 11.5% to new manager Delaware Investments and dropped its 8.5% allocation to Capital International. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... US new jobless benefit claims to their lowest point in four years confirmed the improving trend while fourth quarter US growth was left at three per cent, after 1.8 per cent in the third. But that was not enough to dispel the negative mood and Wall Street ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... Consensus Economics predicts growth in the Australian economy at 3.4% this year and 3.3% in 2013. This compares with its US growth forecasts of 2.2% and 2.5% for 2012 and 2013, respectively. It has the Eurozone slipping by 0.3% in 2012 and inching up ...

Not enough US retail hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
US hedge fund promoters that want to grow their businesses should consider developing products for the under serviced retail sector. "Globally, institutional capital invested in hedge funds and funds of funds represents about $1.1 trillion. However ...

ETF services expanded with cloud

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Cloud technology is now driving full automation of the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) lifecycle, with one global investment servicing firm introducing a solution for development of new ETF products. State Street's new TotalETF product offers integration ...

OECD: Economy to grow by 4% next year

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... to tackle the real and growing risks to the global economy," said OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan. "We see the US growth recovering only slowly, the euro area entering into mild recession and Japan growing faster because of reconstruction, but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... economy, a closely-watched survey showed. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, following the lead from Wall Street after revised US growth figures showed the world's number one economy expanded slower than previously thought in the third quarter. Concerns ...