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China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... China is slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation and urbanisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market eased on Wednesday but its performance was seen as a relatively good effort given that United States stocks fell the night before. The NZSX-50 index closed down 13.16 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 2711.55 and ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors lands in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... president of Lowenhaupt Global Advisors in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Australia is the first of our offices outside of the United States because of the strong demand for family office services there and our unique partnership with Stuart Black," said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... share market closed around four per cent higher, boosted by gains in the financial and resources sector and a rally on United States markets on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 141.7 points, or 4.06 per cent, to 3,631.6, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... the lowest in almost four years, due to growing concern about demand in the world's biggest energy consuming nation, the United States. Copper, the benchmark industrial metal, lost 8.5 cents to $US1.4695 in New York. "Commodities are now seeing the brunt ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... onto exchanges so they can be priced openly and their risks measured. Fragmented regulatory regimes, particularly in the United States, have to be brought together. "There are four regulators of banks in the United States. The monoline insurers were ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... Santa is not real and that their stockings remain filled with toxic debts. This week the central banks of the Eurozone, the United Kingdom and Australia will meet to deliberate on monetary policy settings for their respective economies. Given the persistent ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... encourage institutions to vote in as many jurisdictions as practicable. The move also echoes the fund's commitment to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI), which encourage funds to actively vote their proxies. "Our move into ...

IML signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
Investors Mutual Limited (IML) has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), adding more than $4 billion in funds under management to the burgeoning responsible investment pool of assets. Tony Richard-Preston, IML senior ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... their show of unity. The League of Nations ultimately proved incapable of preventing World War Two and was replaced by the United Nations. What would replace the G20 if they fail to stop the rot? They better not.