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India tech giant opens local devt base

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... global network," he added, noting that the group enjoyed 80 per cent growth year-on-year in Australia and NZ over the past decade. Asked whether the global economic slowdown would hinder the group's expansion, Pereira said that it actually helped them ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... remained on issue. So bad was the feeling between Wesfarmers, a regular issuer in the Australia credit market over the past decade, and bond holders that there was a view that the reason Wesfarmers went offshore to raise US$650 million of debt earlier ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... Freddie Mac's US$3 billion 3-year debt auction, which sold at 1.13 percent premium to 5-year US Treasuries - the highest in a decade - indicating the continued tightness in the liquidity. Financial market concerns also flared after JP Morgan release ...

VISSF turns 50

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... However, the super fund remains true to its history with many of its current employees have been with the fund for over a decade.

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... balanced, conservative and growth multi manager funds are now available to retail investors for the first time in more than a decade. All three diversified funds have all been ranked in the top quartile over one, three, five and seven periods. The firm ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... key factor is that asset allocators need to be aware and prepared for that. For example, Australia has just undergone a decade where investors shunned worrying about higher inflation - let alone the risk of stagflation. But the tide has since turned ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... conference in early August," said Gilbert. The report confirmed that household saving in Australia have fallen over the last decade placing Australia 16th relative to other OECD nations in terms of savings rates in 2006. Complicating the analysis however ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... up its GDP growth at around 9 per cent is experiencing their worst inflation, at upwards of 13 per cent, in more than a decade. The IMF projecting inflation in China to exceed 7 per cent reinforces the concerns and indeed implies that surging Chindia ...

Putnam appoints global chief and chair

Putnam Investments' chief executive Ed Haldeman has been appointed chair by the company board and will be succeeded by Bob Reynolds, a former senior Fidelity Investments executive. Reynolds starts his new role next month. He was previously the vice ...

Collins challenges planner model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Financial planners could become irrelevant if they don't change the way they deliver advice to baby boomer and retired clients, according to Tom Collins, The Tom Collins Consultancy managing director. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, Collins ...