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Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... European governments will struggle to fund deficits diminished as Portugal's sale of bonds due in 2021 attracted bids for 2.6 times the amount offered, compared with 1.6 times in a March sale. Poland's auction of five-year debt attracted the strongest ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... automobiles. "Over the next six years, we are going to rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads - that's enough to circle the world six times; that's a lot of road. We're going to lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways - enough to stretch coast-to-coast. ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... research at Zenith, told Financial Standard. For example, assets denominated in US dollars have tended to appreciate in times of shock (even if the underlying asset declines) as investors flock to the perceived safe haven of the greenback. The Zenith ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... "the banks actually don't take the first loss piece anyway." Herhsan conceded that despite its strong performance in recent times the Australian economy does remain hostage to developments overseas, but hinted that fears surrounding the US economy might ...

More million dollar members for MDRT

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... reflects that our members invest in themselves to learn and grow with MDRT's ideas and experience, especially in the tough times." Founded in 1927, members of MDRT represent the top 6 per cent of financial service professionals globally that have met ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Yuan revaluation drives hedge fund flows

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... and European counterparts, with the Asian region having the greatest percentage of funds employing between 2-5 and 5-10 times investment capital.

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Remember the good ol' boom days and how the US had a negative savings rate? Could it be that US consumers are seeing better times?

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... portrait of the economic and financial world. But hey, isn't this what Big Ben's been telling the markets for a number of times now -- the same message your little Ben has been trying to convey to readers of this space? Go and see. Grab or google past ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... Industrial Average index lost 74.25 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 9,985.81 points. The Dow had traded below 10,000 points several times this week but hadn't closed below that level since July 6. Broader market barometers also fell. The Standard & Poor's ...