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Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... following the 3.0 percent rise posted in the previous month. Japan: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) meets this week to decide on the country's monetary policy setting. With Japan teetering on the brink of a recession, the BoJ's hope of bringing interest rates ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Indian equities are right for the picking as price to earnings (P/E) ratios fall and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) continues to grow at more than nine per cent per annum, according to John Pereira, India Equities Fund chief executive. Pereira ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Australia should take a leaf out of Ireland, where a combination of government and commercial initiatives transformed the country into an investment hub with treble the fund assets today than five years ago. But to get there, Dunnin said the industry ...

Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Anti-global warming schemes based on prescriptive emission targets and cross-country carbon trading are flawed and do not address long term climate change problems, said Reserve Bank director Warwick McKibbin. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... small to mid-size firms could struggle, a Financial Standard spot poll of the 30 largest financial planning firms in the country found that all the biggest dealer groups have already amended their Statements of Advice (SoAs) to comply with these new ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to assess the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets remain convinced that the RBA will hold rates at a 12-year high of 7.25 percent after its meeting today. However, recent data showing ...

Philippines axes cheques for ATMs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... is revving up its pension scheme by phasing out archaic cheques disbursement arrangements for an ATM-based system. The country's Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) brought the new system in place last month. The fund's 81,000 survivorship pensioners ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... economies. Australia: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly board meeting on Tuesday to assess the country's monetary policy settings. Calls for the RBA to cut interest rates gained traction last week following a weaker-than-expected ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... reading. It would take perhaps another couple more months or three to work out the real state of retail spending in the country. Furthermore, this negative lead on domestic spending is mitigated by the ABS report (also released yesterday) showing that ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... should look across the seas to Malaysia, which recently approved three international financial firms to set up shop in the country. The Securities Commission (SC) has approved the applications of Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad, DBS Asset Management ...