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Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... like they'll be down again today. Volatility is the order of today and would remain so for as long as strong aftershocks rock Japan and threats of meltdowns in its nuclear reactors progress. For a time, dip buyers will turn into rally sellers. Fears ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... toll and extent of the devastation from the quake/tsunami/nuclear explosion are still being counted. Aftershocks continue to rock the country, its nuclear facilities threaten to meltdown, potentially adding more to the number of casualties - people ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP) staged its fifth successful fundraising event 'Who Wants To Be A RockStar?' last night, raising more than $120,000 for charity. Over 400 wealth management professionals gathered at the Loft in Sydney ...

AUSCOAL adds Copper Rock and Putnam

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Alliance Bernstein mandate. Diversifying the super fund's international shares portfolio, AUSCOAL allocated funds to Copper Rock Capital Partners, a US-based global small cap company investment manager. The fund said it liked the investment manager's ...

Countdown to FICAP fundraising

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Executives across the finance industry are set to channel their inner rockstar in the name of charity at the 5th annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar' event next Thursday at the Loft in Sydney. The fundraising event, hosted by the Financial Industry Community ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Revolting like it's 1989. It's the feeling I get when I look to the Middle East. Just like in 1989, several regimes in one region became a thing of the past as civil uprisings in one country emboldened protests in another... then another. Back then ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" At least this is way better than the "if you can't stop 'em, beat and shoot 'em" tactic employed by the governments of Bahrain and Libya on their protesting people. Wall Street activity overnight was just like a repeat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads leading into Monday's trade, with offshore markets buoyed following the departure overnight on Friday of Egyptian president Mubarak. On the ASX 24 at 0645 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract ...