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Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Barclay's Global Investors (BGI) taps into the country's cafA(C) lifestyle to promote its Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, iShares, following a deal with a coffee marketing group. BGI is the first firm to use Eat Media's CafA(C) Domination strategy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... markets, as investors fretted over the outlook for China's economy after Vice Premier Wang Qishan said inflation was the country's biggest economic problem. The Hang Seng Index closed down 386.62 points, at 25,063.17. The index has dropped nearly ten ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... relief efforts even if it's just to act as a geo-political hedge to China and Japan, ironically both of which are the country's major trading partners.

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... maximising economic growth. The $20 billion value loss for NSW taxpayers arguably translates to over $100 billion across the country and may be one of the first major signs of the real price tag Australia is paying for not yet seriously supporting alternative ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... intervene into the markets. The Chinese government recently imposed a 25 per cent export tariff to help keep grain in the country, reported the China Daily earlier this year. Similar export tariffs also apply to fertilizers. Against this momentum, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on the back of a negative finish on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down ten points at 5,723. In economic news today, the Reserve ...

Tax relief will drive insurance cover

Changes to tax rules on insurance within and outside super will go a long way in addressing the country's underinsurance problems, according to Watson Wyatt. "The ability for employers to provide insurance cover for all employees would be enhanced if ...

Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... transparency and lowered risk of investors as noted in the Opacity Index. Finland scored best on the list, reflecting the country's solid regulatory environment, low levels of corruption and compliance with international standards for accounting rules ...

EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... Hamilton left on maternity leave, a citywire report said. The fund was launched in 2006 and is unconstrained by sector or country allocations. It has a high allocation to the financial sector, information technology and the industrial sectors.

Our two-track super model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... high income earners. The comments were reported on ABC radio. "They're the people who make up the vast majority of our country [and the people] we need to look after," he said. The broader question is whether the same philosophy should apply to financial ...