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SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... dollar to around US$0.8550 and by 1.7 per cent vis-a-vis the yen to about Y93.50. Reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global growth forecasts to 3.9 per cent in 2008 and 3.7 per cent in 2009, if proved correct, would ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... rating on credit watch. News on the global economy were not good either. Reuters reported that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now sees global economic growth in 2008 at 3.9 per cent, down from the 4.1 per cent estimated in July. The IMF also reduced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... banks and after a disappointing lead from the US overnight. Wall St fell over two per cent after the International Monetary Fund said it couldn't yet see the bottom of the housing crisis. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 78 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... broader All Ordinaries dipped 39 points to 4989.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 2.1 per cent after an International Monetary Fund report predicting continuing problems in the credit and housing market put stress on financials. The IMF said the bottom of ...

Kinloch appoints MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... compelling with the growth across emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil forecast by the International Monetary Fund, to grow by 6.5 per cent in the next two years, compared to 1.3 per cent forecast in developed countries," said MacarthurCook ...

Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage is becoming so pronounced that the International Monetary Fund has issued warnings that the UN will require an additional $US500 million in funding within weeks to prevent mass starvation ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... sub-prime mess began unfolding, the big worry was whether it would spill over to the real economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks this may now be happening and has taken the problem to a whole new level requiring serious intervention. Pushing ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector primarily consists of wealth management services, including banking, investment ...