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US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... with political weight and shares and therefore the United States will get it," said Okonjo-Iweala at a briefing on the country's 2012 budget. Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed the news and said the appointment of Kim is an excellent addition for the development ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... the accounting losses are significant they proportionally match similar experiences of defined benefit funds around the country that have all experienced declining funding provision levels, due to poor capital market returns that are now seeing super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... that exports and imports were still weak owing to economic woes in major overseas markets and slow domestic demand. The country recorded a trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, as exports rose 8.9 per cent. However, imports rose just 5.3 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Zealand currency strategist Mike Jones said that despite a generally positive trade reading from China, the analysis of the country's growth appeared more negative. "With the Chinese trade out yesterday, although the headline surplus was better, import ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... politburo's enthusiasm to stimulate growth. And where China goes, there Australia is. And it's not only China that the lucky country has to worry about this time. It also now faces the added uncertainty of the magnitude of the budget cuts that'll be ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... endowment stream risk. Another obstacle mentioned by some SWFS, according to the report, is that ALM is generally viewed as a country-level approach while SWFs may be managed separately from the rest of the state's asset and liabilities. The SWF Institute ...

Practices valued at doubled RR: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... the seller to stay in the business for one year after selling. Victorian planners were the most diversely located into country and regional areas, 40% compared with 32% nationally, but were also the youngest on average with 44% of respondents in Victoria ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... why risk appetite came off and the Aussie dollar was lower." Official British data released overnight showed that the country's economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the three months to December, slightly worse than the 0.2 per cent economists had expected. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Shamu said that figures from the US showing a fall in consumer confidence, and data from China showing that profits in the country's industrial sector fell 5.2 per cent in the first two months of 2012, had not had a significant impact on the Australian ...

Cayman Islands hedge fund reforms on-track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... operators to register their master funds, showing how delicate the balance is between improving financial regulation in the country, while not driving away hedge fund operators. The reforms follow pressure from the OECD that the Cayman Islands clamp ...