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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... as the credit rating and outlook of 22 banks were lowered and President Barack Obama unveiled financial regulation reform plans. Market action began after the Labor Department said its consumer price index (CPI) rose a modest 0.1 per cent in May from ...

T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Having won investment mandates from major super funds, long running US fund manager T. Rowe Price plans to expand its services to retail investors. The Baltimore-based fund manager, which has just under $3 billion in funds under management in Australia ...

Singapore pushes for online economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... Australia's aspirations to become Asia's financial hub and it is "virtual", after Singapore announced this month that it plans to spend big on IT to build an "online economy". IT research firm Ovum has released a fresh report highlighting the predicted ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... investment would rise in value. "During the past three months investors have not seen any concrete results from the rescue plans that were implemented in the US and Europe and the problem of toxic assets is far from being resolved," said Pan. "As well ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... time when most investment houses are hunkering down and consolidating their products, ING Australia is revving up, with plans to launch the range later this year. Stout, who previously ran ING's wealth management outfit in the US and was in life insurance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... after the United States Federal Reserve said major US banks that were ordered to raise capital had developed sufficient plans. Many of the resource stocks, including Australia's biggest company BHP Billiton, dragged on the index. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... improve. Receding inflation means that the ECB could bring interest rates down some more if it wanted to, but announced no plans to ease policy - increase asset purchases and/or cut rates - any time soon. As for the BoE, there was really nothing it could ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
UK fund trustees must become far more proactive in managing the funding status and investment risk, according to Mercer. A recent Mercer report found defined benefit pension schemes are under increasing pressure as buyouts become less feasible and the ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

AustralianSuper hires Inalytics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... analyse the fund's multi managers' skill to provide a more detailed examination of their processes. Field said Inalytics plans to review the fund's multi manager investment managers on an on-going quarterly basis. "This will complement AustralianSuper's ...