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SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... different states rather than being federal funds. Australia's the Future Fund is the world's 13th largest SWF but is the third largest SWF in the developed world.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.2 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 4,107.0 points. Stocks recorded their third big gain of the week and closed at a one-month high on Friday because of expectations that the central banks of countries ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... continue to correct as the US government tightens fiscal policy in 2013, which should have a positive impact on the US dollar. "Third, the stress faced by Europe, combined with the risk of a substantial fiscal tightening in the US in early 2013, are ...

Ponzi scheme operators plead guilty

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... investments would earn returns of 4% per month and that the capital amounts of their investments were guaranteed, said ASIC. A third man, Con Koutsoukos, has not entered a plea to three charges of making false statements to investors. Wood and Truong ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Australia, but elsewhere in the world, definitely in the US and Europe, commodities through futures are really becoming the third asset class over real estate and hedge funds," added Jody Gunzberg, director, commodity indices, referring to results from ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... ones also come in threes? You must be thinking China - the second biggest economy in the world, right? Well, sort of. The third strike comes from no other than the land downunder - Australia. And if you're a Bloomberg addict like moi, you'll know that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... meeting scheduled while the Rabobank rural confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on Friday closed lower for a third straight session as weak offshore economic data led to a sell-off among resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... trustees and employees are engaged in fraudulent activity," he said. "In its supervision of superannuation APRA acts as a third line of defence after trustees and auditors." Jones said that the impact of the Trio fraud on individuals has been made greater ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... analysis in April, are the cheapest of any major global region and near the cheapest ever relative to US stocks at a one-third discount on price-to-book value. "With more than 60% of corporate sales from European firms originating internationally, the ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... ascending order of worseness: FTSE100, down 7.3%, All Ords, down 7.5%; DJ Euro Stoxx, down 8.2%; Nikkei-225, down 10.3%. Third time unlucky. These are worse than their performance in May 2011 and almost as bad as that May in 2010. But no use crying over ...