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Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
As investors are left picking up the pieces from the recent share market and credit crash, some industry figures believe the answer lies in investors' ability to find a balance between investing with a long-term perspective, and making decisions quickly. ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
When politics meets the economics of fighting inflation, people have a habit of making big statements that can sound alarmist. Causing the jitters is that the Reserve Bank Board is meeting today and by 2.30 pm we'll know if they've decided to raise ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Sub-prime was the American Dialect Society's 2007 word of the year but 2008's might be stagflation or even agflation, leading economists told today's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. "There is a recession in US housing and it will get worse and even ...

Australia number 1 in managed funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Australia retains its status as the global lead in managed funds, as investors continue to pump more into the sector compared with their US and European counterparts. According to the AFG global funds management index, Australians boast an average of ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
The Asian hedge funds industry continues to expand exponentially as investors flock to pour more than $12.4 billion into the market last year. New data by global hedge fund research house, Hedge Fund Research (HFR), show assets in the Asian hedge industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher with with base metal prices jumping and Wall Street making gains as interest-rate-sensitive shares were snapped up by investors. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) continues its two-day ...

One in three retirees don't review plan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Almost one third of Australians in retirement have not re-assessed their retirement strategy, according to an AXA survey. The AXA survey conducted by Roy Morgan Research included 309 phone interviews to working Australians aged 25 and over and 319 phone ...

Bank downgraded in $8.2b scam

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
One of Europe's biggest banks, France's Societe Generale (SG), is left fighting for its reputation following $8.2 billion in losses from fraudulent dealings, a crisis which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals that senior executives have replaced terrorism with risk of energy supply as a primary concern in 2008. Leading oil-importing economies that share these concerns meet today in the Swiss resort ...