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Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... analytical roles with a North American fund manager and another Australian superannuation fund. He has also been an economist with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Judd will oversee the implementation of the fund's investment strategies ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
There are early signs that the next share market rally will be sustained longer than investors have grown accustomed to, according to Fidelity's Trevor Greetham. The multi-asset portfolio manager, who is based in London says he is increasingly hopeful ...

Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... freed up to rebalance growth in 2013-14 away from mining and towards other sectors, according to Paul Bloxham HSBC chief economist Australia and NZ. Bloxham reminds investors that a larger share of the economy is interest-rate sensitive than the share ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... slowed to 3.1% in the year to the third quarter from 3.8% in the June quarter and, according to the Australian Business Economist forecasting panel, would ease further to 2.8% next year. Boyoboyoboy, we're definitely in the dog house. Yes we are. Not ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... issue that has never been raised at board level in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment dangers of Climate ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks likely to open slightly higher as investors wait for developments from talks in the United States to avoid impending government spending cuts and tax increases. At 0815 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, as local market players await a likely interest rate cut from the central bank. At 1035 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,532.3 points, while the broad-market All ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... "Sick Man of Asia" for most of my life to the "Diamond in the Region" (borrowed not stolen from Enrico Tanuwidjaja, economist for Southeast Asia at RBS in Singapore). However, I'm seriously concerned that all these goodness will be undone once Aquino ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... masseuse. But perhaps not Steen for he is one of the 'da man'. He is Saxo Bank'c chief investment officer and chief economist, who has an Economics degree at Copenhagen University and has 25 years plus of experience in the field of proprietary trading ...