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AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AIA's long awaited IPO was a resounding success last week, with US$20.5 billion raised in the share sale to retail and insititutional investors, making it the third largest IPO in history, and the largest ever for the Hong Kong market. Investors scrambled ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... points higher at 4,698, with 17,384 contracts traded. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market was enjoying a "nice surge" after positive profit reports from National Australia Bank on Wednesday and ANZ on Thursday. "Banks as much as anything ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... Kirkham, head of investment management at Western Asset Australia, which manages the Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust. "It's nice to talk about in politics in Australia but no one - globally - sees it as an issue, we are really in a strong position," ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon as stronger than expected economic growth in Australia boost local shares. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.7 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 4,477.9 points, while ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... According to news reports, these were behind last night's surge in equity markets. But company earnings reports were also nice and pretty the previous day when Wall Street sold off? Investors ignored bad data last night. Yes, there were a few. US initial ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... operator Connector Motorways went into receivership was anything to go by, good investment opportunities are rare. "It'd be nice if super funds in Australia could get a reasonable return for members and support our country at the same time. "The problem ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... good indication of how much they need to save for retirement, has been adjusted to factor in modern comforts that used to be nice-to-haves but are now must-haves. In the report, the new standards account for higher budget expenditure in seven categories ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... activity was fairly benign, Mr Bishop said. "We've not been getting a flood of phone calls in the brokerage offices, but it's nice to see a bit of optimism about," he said.

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
The bulls beat the bears in the continuing tug-of-war for the hearts and minds of investors and speculators everywhere. Shucks! Just when I was already beginning to question the strength of my own positive conviction -- that perhaps there are just way ...