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The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Looking to pour cash into Kazakhstan, Slovenia and Nigeria? Today frontier market investing is more than just a fad, says Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investments. "[Frontier market investing is] part of a long-term trend, one that's connected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market may open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected durable manufactured goods report. Declines in all industrial metals prices may weigh on resource stocks, however. At 0701 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Global alternative investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street up but base metals down in London. But in Sydney, the futures index was up. At 0805 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up eleven ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's has given the international listed infrastructure sector the thumbs up but said the sector's fund managers warned of a possible decline in performance in the asset class. The report found listed infrastructure fund managers were pessimistic ...

Down markets make good investments cheaper: Perennial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... to their adviser - whilst no one can predict the bottom of the market, it's better to get set now to participate in the low PEs, in some cases at 10 year lows that can be accessed in today's market around the world," said Thomas. According to the Perennial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after US stocks gained on Friday on better than expected profit results from Caterpillar and Google, and from Citigroup. At 0757 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence in the US has fallen to a five-year low, driven by unrelenting negative economic news and the impact on consumption of the perpetually falling US dollar. But institutional investor confidence is up. The consumer confidence survey ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has established the Future Financial Planners Council, made up of the country's key industry players, to raise awareness of the profession among university students. The Council will design marketing material ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Sub-prime was the American Dialect Society's 2007 word of the year but 2008's might be stagflation or even agflation, leading economists told today's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. "There is a recession in US housing and it will get worse and even ...