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Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... market crash, Harvard Economic Society followed this same reassuring theme, as did 95 per cent of American economists in March 2001 at the beginning of that recession. "Today, most economists do not forecast a recession in America, but the profession's ...

Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... six major currencies. The New York Board of Trade's dollar index dropped to 75.077, the lowest since the gauge started in March 1973. With the dollar's fall and an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline, the price of crude oil peaked at US$98.62, further rattling ...

Mercer opens new TAP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... despite the Federal Government's extensive advertising, many had not grasped the full extent of the Better Super changes. "In March 2007, Mercer conducted a survey on Better Super among a random sample of 300 working Australians aged 50 plus. Nearly ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... barrel, after moving moving from $86.13 to $88.20, which marked the highest since NYMEX launched oil futures trading in March, 1983. Records have been shattered since Friday and prices have jumped $9.85, or 12.6 per cent, since the October 6 low of $78.35. ...

BT Wrap Advantage rebates $1.8m

... program has resulted in $1.8 million worth of direct rebates to investors within six months. BT launched Wrap Advantage in March as an additional feature in its $38 billion-plus platform. While the platform features more than 700 managed funds, the Wrap ...

King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory after it acquired Pateley and Capital Income in August and in March respectively. The deals were in line with ipac's strategy to grow its equity partners like King Financial through acquisitions. ...

Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... completed the re-structure of its $28 billion portfolio into alpha-beta mandates from traditional hybrid fund mandates. In March, the group also injected $30 million in an intellectual property fund with the aim to capture returns from so-called "incubator ...

Pengana launches global volatility fund

... the brainchild of Alvin Wilkinson, a former director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) who joined Pengana in March this year. He helped develop the US Fear Index or the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which gauged the implied 30-day volatility ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... interests are adequately protected." Jones' disqualification finalises APRA's investigations into Zurich, which concluded in March this year.

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... more indigestible 'Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act'- a bill voted in by the US House of Representatives in March 2005. The nickname comes from its protection of fast-food purveyors against obese consumers' hefty lawsuits. While this protects ...