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MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) managing director, Maurice O'Shannassy, spoke out after ratings firm S&P placed two MLIM funds on hold following management changes. S&P said yesterday that the Merrill Lynch Wholesale Global Small Cap fund ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent - the highest they have been since August 2001 and the seventh consecutive hike in the country's official interest rates. In the US, interest rate watchers will welcome the ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects growth for its 30-member industrialised countries to be 3.1 per cent this year. This compares with International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global economic growth of 4.9 ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Perpetual has forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Market volatility increased last week as markets for bonds, equities and commodities sold off after higher-than-expected US CPI inflation data doused market expectations that the US Federal Reserve will give interest rate hikes a breather. Financial ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Emerging market equities came under the spotlight in last week's global markets downturn with some predicting a fall in investors' appetite for risk, but economists say it only signals a temporary correction for the sector. According to State Street's ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... rates likewise ebbed on weak US housing data. Housing starts fell by 7.4 per cent to 1.85 million units (annualised) in April - the lowest level since November 2004 -- from 2 million units in the previous month. Expectations were for a decline to 1.95 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker again with the potential for another sharp decline as commodity prices continued to unwind, opening up the chance for further profit taking in the resources sector. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Director pleads guilty to ASIC allegations

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
A former director of Endeavour Funds Management Limited has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulent behaviour. Scott Daniel Tracy was found to have acted improperly between 8 April 2004 and 24 April 2004 while undertaking his duties as director of the ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
Australian employment fell by 3,200 in April, partially reversing the hefty 27,000 gain reported in the previous month. This is lower than market expectations of a flat outcome for the month. Full-time employment rose by 22,700 last month but this was ...