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AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... on responsible investing with plans to expand its five-strong global team and build on research in the sector in the New Year. The asset management firm believes growth in investment funds directed into responsible investing (RI) strategies will triple ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... three months of 2011? What would you do if your crystal ball showed: Inflation will continue to rise. Even before the New Year worries over inflation percolated all around the world due to escalating commodity prices, in particular the spike in the prices ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... growth premium. Despite the momentary disruption to economic activity caused by the floods and cyclone earlier in the New Year - estimated to cause a 0.5 per cent drag on growth -- the Australian economy is expected to rebound strongly later in the year ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... upward revision to US fourth quarter 2010 GDP confirmed the strengthening growth momentum in America heading into the New Year. Recall the disappointment when the second estimate of US real GDP was lowered to an annualised rate of 2.8 per cent from the ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... inspite of the severe calamities and geo-political tensions that came their way not even a full three months into the New Year. Japan is just starting to calibrate the cost of the 11 March disaster. The World Bank estimates that it would take the country ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... respectively. We're in trouble now! That's if you don't consider that the February numbers have been distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, that it's just a single data point in a trend of high surpluses or that it is a sign that Beijing's efforts ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... slipped 69.29 points to 23,484.30 on turnover of $HK73.78 billion ($A9.37 billion). Shanghai remained closed for the Lunar New Year break. Seoul closed 0.58 per cent, or 12.04 points, off at 2,069.70 amid concerns over possible tightening measures around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... 355.37 points, at 23,553.59. Trade was quiet across the region as dealers in many markets returned to work after the Lunar New Year holiday, although Shanghai and Taipei remained closed. Tokyo's Nikkei was lifted by exporters on the back of a weakening ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... at unrest in Egypt hit Tokyo shares and sent oil prices higher on Thursday, with most markets in Asia closed for Lunar New Year holidays. Tokyo ended 0.25 per cent, or 26 points, lower at 10,431.36 after news that anti-government protests in Egypt had ...