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Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Infrastructure, set up in 1998. Other US pension funds with infrastructure allocations or intentions include CalSTERS, the Washington State Pension Plan, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Oregon PERD, and the World Bank. The phenomenon is also gathering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... its lowest close since last November and leaving it with a weekly decline of 5.2 per cent. The gears are moving in Washington. On Friday, the White House said President Obama will outline steps to stem home foreclosures next Wednesday, and the House ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock index closed down 240.58 points, or 3.03 per cent, to 7,705.36, hit by disappointment over Washington's bank rescue plan and a stronger yen. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 310.91 points, or 2.3 per ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... with the protests and demonstrations that greeted his predecessor's inauguration, Obama's was welcomed not only in Washington but also all over the world. Even Israel ceased hostilities on Gaza and not even a pip from Osama. Wall Street's reaction overnight ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... they have already chosen their 'first dog' to grace the occasion. But beyond trifles, the eyes of the world will be on Washington tomorrow (US time) as Mr. Obama becomes the first African-American to hold the highest office in the planet. Unlike his ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... half a million jobs last month. Stocks reversed early losses and closed sharply higher as the data raised hopes that Washington will again step in to help the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a 568-point range as investors' shock dissipated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index for November is due. In equities, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd holds its annual meeting in Sydney. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed narrowly ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... plea for US taxpayers' money as the financial crisis progresses. The big three US carmakers are next in line. Given Washington's response to Citi, they too would certainly get their handouts. Whether taxpayers' like it or not, the US authorities have ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
'There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington D.C. and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands.' This was US Democratic representative Gary Ackerman's comments to the CEO's of the big three US carmakers ...