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Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Boutique investment fund Eight Investment Partners (8IP) aims to use the integration of an Australian focused equities fund as a springboard for Asian investments. Atom Funds Management, a small cap Australian equities manager with around $70 million ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... one country emboldened protests in another... then another. Back then, the tour of people power started in Poland in the spring of 1989. This quickly spread in a matter of months - some even weeks - to Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania. ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Australia. Based in London but expected to travel to Australia as appropriate, Gardener will start his role with AXA IM in spring and will be a member of AXA IM's executive committee. Gardener joins from Mercer where he held the role of global chief ...

Too much insurance erodes savings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... to ensure the right amount of cover is in place for their circumstances. As part of the end of the financial year "super spring clean", PAS is urging its members to consolidate their super into one fund, to bring together their life, TPD insurance and ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
"My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific." This is the future according to Ben. Spoken like a real trooper. With these words, Big Ben appears to have calmed financial markets - equity and commodity markets rose ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Dear Abby, I have a confession to make...I think I'm losing my horns and my tail is growing shorter. My body is slowly being covered with fur, what used to be hooves are now claws and I am getting an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Ok, ok...there's no defending the indefensible, so I wouldn't even try. Now you know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... 4,453.6 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the Memorial Day holiday. LONDON - British markets were closed for the spring bank holiday. FRANKFURT - European stock exchanges closed generally weaker in sluggish trade in the aftermath of Spain's ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... the previous month. But the spike is "weather-related" and according to PboC Deputy Governor Su Ning, " the arrival of spring and good weather, the seasonable impact will gradually disappear." In Europe, the Europeans are busily trying to find a way ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... plus worries about the PIGS and China - were dangled in front of your nose all in one go. But one swallow does not make a spring. This is just one month's number. If you chart the monthly changes in consumer confidence, you will see how highly volatile ...