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Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... tender met with very low demand, suggesting that European banks are able to source funding through the capital markets. The Chicago purchasing managers index declined to 59.1 per cent in June from 59.7 per cent in May. This is within market expectations ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... data on the 116 major pension plans sponsored by the 50 states in the US. Authors Robert Novy-Marx from the University of Chicago and Joshua Rauh from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University found from the data that the present value ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... dizzying stock plunge that left market participants shaken in a wave of panic that dented confidence around the globe. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange denied rumours that a dealer there had mistaken billions for millions setting off the record plunge. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... stocks were led higher by Boeing, which posted a 15 per cent loss in the first quarter, but beat market expectations. The Chicago-based firm, one of the world's largest aircraft makers, said commercial deliveries were down by more than a tenth in the ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... a number of sources including US-based Amalgamated Bank, the Service Employees International Union's Master Trust and Chicago-based Sisters of Charity. While the number of shareholder proposals might appear low, the actual number of resolutions is difficult ...

AMP expands infrastructure team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Global Infrastructure Fund at Challenger. Hamieh started with AMP Capital on 6 April and reports to Noble, who is based in Chicago.

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... has not yet certified that the recession is over. Heck, Bloomberg even quoted Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Chicago-based Harris Private Bank, saying, "Maybe investors' reaction to Alcoa's earnings report was too harsh," to put a positive spin ...

Challenger property co-portfolio fund manager departs

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... property securities fund. The global fund is managed under a strategic alliance between Challenger Managed Investments and Chicago-based Heitman LLC.

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... employment report fell by 23,000 in March. This is a bad sign. Bad! Because markets expected a 40,000 increase. Bad PMI! The Chicago Purchasing Managers index fell to 58.8 in March from 62.6 the previous month. A decline to 61.0 was expected. But is ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... markets? It will be saved...period. Duh! too to Bernanke mini-me's. Interest rates on hold...for a long time, said one. Chicago Fed Reserve Bank President Charles Evans told reporters in Shanghai that he expects interest rates "to hold for the next three ...