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China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... Asia Asset Management noted that CIC is looking to fill 29 positions. These opportunities were also posted in the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. CIC was established on September 29th 2007 with the issuance of special bonds worth RMB 1.55 trillion ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... by players including AustaralianSuper, Local Government Super and Professional Associations Superannuation Limited. "In times of crisis, great securities for example get sold off [at good prices] - therefore the opportunity for active managers to exploit ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... for a 1.75 per cent decline. Oh who cares? I've lost track, but I think I have to use two hands now to count the number of times the IMF has changed its forecasts over the past 12 months alone. There were other economic indicators and surveys released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... auction. But traders also seemed mindful of how far the market has come in its three-month rally. The stock market has at times run low on fresh evidence of economic recovery that could push the rally further. Data released on Thursday helped but weren't ...

HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... rates falling over the last 18 months, or the survey period. However, burnt by last year's credit crisis, there are five times more high net worth (HNWs) investors who have zero portfolio allocation to high risk assets today than 18 months ago. Back ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... the shortlist of nominees, a clear pattern emerged where the award recipients focused their energies during this turbulent times on client retention strategies - engaging more closely with their existing clients; financial literacy campaigns; and developing ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... there will be a lot more difficulties ahead. Heck, there were challenges even when Australia was growing at three to four times its March quarter 2009 speed - capacity constraints, rising inflation, rising interest rates, housing and stock market bubbles ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... as minimum requirements on commercial loans on the portfolio, the group increased the interest coverage ratio from 1.25 times to 1.75 times, lowered the Loan to Valuation Ratios (LVRs) to an average 50 to 60 per cent range and increased covenance strength. ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... its equity cousin - is coming to accept the view that economic conditions are improving. The backup in yields in recent times to pre-Lehman Brothers level could also be an indication that the financial system is normalising. The slope of the US yield ...