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Make or break for PE managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... their underlying portfolio and market their financial engineering capabilities as bank financing dries up and business confidence falls. Jane Welsh, Watson Wyatt global head of private markets research, said the time where private equity managers could ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... in the year to September following a 20.7 fall in August. In Australia, the National Australia Bank's (NAB) Business Confidence index declined to -8 in September from -7 in August. Job ads fell another 1.4 per cent in September after a 4.9 per cent drop ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... US$230,7000 in July from US$230,100 in June. However, it is not the same for Europe. In the Eurozone, the Ifo business confidence index fell to a three-year low of 94.8 in August from 97.5 the previous month. For the UK, the British Bankers' Association ...

Rate Cut in the Offing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... other, demand is weakening enough to offset supply disruptions. Markets will be watching today's Australian business confidence report for further confirmation of a weakening economy. The NAB business confidence index fell to -9 in June while the business ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... will follow through on current speculation that an interest rate cut will be announced next month. The NAB Business Confidence Survey and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Index are among domestic key releases this week. The prior month's ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... recent releases showing a contraction in retail sales, slowing private sector credit, falling consumer and business confidence and a decline in housing. Futures market pricing now indicates a 25-30 percent chance that the RBA will cut interest rates ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... US financial crisis. Thus, it came as no surprise to the markets that the National Australia Bank's (NAB) business confidence index fell further to -8 in the June quarter from -4 in the previous three-month period. Financial market performance overnight ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... to put downward pressure on industrial output. Europe: After a week full of downside surprises in several business confidence indicators and in a number of Eurozone economic indicators, the focus of the upcoming week will be the euro zone 'flash' inflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Association (HIA) new home sales data for June is released along with the National Australia Bank second quarter business confidence survey. Australand Property Group Ltd releases its interim results and Australian Foundation Investment Co Ltd its annual ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
What else is new? Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- ...