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A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The world's major central banks are in danger of setting off a mercantilist race to the bottom as they attempt to gain competitiveness through artificial currency debasement, analysts say. After six years of abstinence, the Japanese Ministry of Finance ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... recovery with jobs." The IMF didn't come alone, it phoned a friend. Business services company BDO warned that the UK is in danger of heading for a double-dip. This is because its optimism index - an indicator of business activity in the next six months ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... year to July 31, behind only the New Zealand dollar. Trying to predict the future path of the currency is "fraught with danger", Zenith said, and as a result, the researcher favours a blend of hedged and unhedged exposure, to insulate portfolios from ...

Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... employment opportunities that in turn would stimulate even more pension contributions. Henshaw named inflation as the biggest danger with support apparently available through some World Bank and IFC economic instruments. Under previous regulations in ...

APRA proposals could deter overseas firms: AXA

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... "While one understands regulators' natural desire to insure against the background of the global financial crisis, the danger is, if implemented as currently proposed, it will be very difficult to attract companies to run international operations from ...

QIC adopts lifecycle investing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
QIC will offer super funds lifecycle investing strategies to improve retirement outcomes for members. Dynamic lifecycle strategies constantly adjust throughout a member's life, focusing on the investment returns required to meet a member's real retirement ...

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
New York's State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has issued a statement condemning press reports that he will allow New York's $150 billion-plus pension fund to balance the state budget. "There have been a number of outrageous and unfounded rumors ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Secretary General Angel Gurria is more on the ball on this one when he said last week that, "It's not a question of the danger of contagion; contagion has already happened." And now... here comes Moody's with its own doom and gloom message. It warned ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... it's already a "known known." OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria put this so very nicely, "It's not a question of the danger of contagion; contagion has already happened." Speaking of contagion, there were more countries downgraded to junk status during ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... could rather be spent on employment generation and reducing the impact of Germany's own austerity measures. And there is a danger that even the contribution from its external account could disappear given that other European nations are back-pedalling. ...