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Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Australia's growing current account deficit will inevitably lead to further policy action to increase national savings and the super industry will play a key role, said David Morgan, former chief executive of Westpac. Morgan told the ASFA conference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices and commodities prices mostly lower, although the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned positive in afternoon trade and the price of gold was higher. At ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Perpetual Trustees came a step closer to recovering the $125 million frozen from Mahogany Capital noteholders since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, following its second successful court ruling in the United Kingdom last week. Perpetual (PTCo) commenced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up 1.3 per cent by noon on Friday after better than expected jobs and productivity data in the US and as the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its forecast for economic growth. All sectors of the market gained, despite ...

Solaris performance fee option wins $1bn from instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Solaris Investment Management clocked $1 billion from institutional investors within seven months under its unusual low fixed fee plus performance-fee based payment structure - proof that Frontier's proposed flat dollar fee model has massive insto appeal. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after strong leads from Wall Street. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...