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One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... nationalisation of US mortgage giants -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - and supports our rumination that this may not be enough to significantly counter the problems in the US financial sector. In turn, the problems in the financial sector feed into the ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... dollar may help ease pressure on the economy going forward, but with global growth still in slowdown mode, this might not be enough. In any case, the Eurozone needs all the support it can get to avoid sinking into a recession, which may be just one quarter ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... variable prices will encourage a decrease in carbon output, while with a carbon tax you fix the price and hope this will be enough to reduce emissions below what would have been your target cap anyway. These arguments also highlight why Regardless of ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... storage is a huge prize for whoever comes up with it first." Gailey rejected criticism that the BCA was not fighting hard enough against the government on the fundamental question of whether climate change is real and whether we even needed emissions ...

Advisers snub commission-free ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... A key reason financial advisers choose managed funds over exchange traded funds (ETFs) is because ETFs fail to provide enough financial incentives, according to CommSec. In its latest newsletter for investors, CommSec said the Australian ETF market is ...

Rate Cut in the Offing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... is that financial markets are expecting a quick resolution to the Georgian conflict and the other, demand is weakening enough to offset supply disruptions. Markets will be watching today's Australian business confidence report for further confirmation ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... reforms. "We can now not look after the Baby Boomers," he added. "Any of the baby Boomers can't now be in the system long enough to replace their income." The super-charging of the Australian share markets by the introduction of dividend imputation and ...

Sub-prime divorce binge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... hedge fund managers. According to a report in the Economist magazine, City couples in London whose wealth was previously enough to let them overlook their differences, are now untying the knot. A survey commissioned to investigate the sub-prime to divorce ...

Finsia launches Career Portal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... the talent gap - building a global financial centre', which found Australia's financial services sector is not attracting enough skilled workers. The Career Portal provides information on the different finance sectors, details on how to enter the industry ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... efficiency technology. Countries are finding that as important as new alternative energy sources are, they are yet to create enough baseloadable capacity to allow governments to shutdown coal burning power stations, and this is driving interest in how ...