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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 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 ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... stock markets traded choppily on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed by a sharp downward revision to US growth figures and lingering political concerns in Washington and Europe. The Dow was down 53.59 points (0.46 percent) to 11,493.7 ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... a contagion emanating from Europe -- it's easier to see the obvious after all -- but it could also be that stronger US growth that'll spread a reverse contagion.

Advice boutique gets image shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Asteron-aligned dealer group Guardian has shed 'financial planning' from its title in a bid to shake-up the company's brand on its 10th anniversary. Guardian Advice, formerly known as Guardian Financial Planning, said the brand had become "tired" and ...