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Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
"The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks ...

HSBC wins Ascalon mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
HSBC Securities Services has won a mandate from Ascalon Capital Managers to provide custody and fund administration to the Ascalon platform. HSBC will become Ascalon's sole securities services provider in Australia. Ascalon will get access to HSBC's ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Three cheers for September! Hip, hip! Where's the September curse everybody and his dog were warning about at the onset of the seventh moon of the year? Thirteen days into this "most awful month" for stocks and so far Wall Street has advanced in eight ...

RFM adds two to distribution team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Agricultural fund Rural Funds Management (RFM) has appointed a new national sales manager and business development officer. James Powell rejoins RFM after working previously with them as a business development manager from July 2006 through to July  ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...

LICs versus ETFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The issue of LICs and their younger cousin ETFs has risen yet again with a new Russell Investment report comparing the two investment vehicles, urging planners to look into ETFs as a new investment option. The benefits of such options include no entry ...

CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Former Credit Suisse and MillhouseIAG executive Hector Ortiz was named new head of distribution for CERTITUDE Global Investments. Ortiz, whose role started on September 6, is responsible with the distribution of the company's key products, namely the ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
What the? The past three straight trading days on 'The Street' provided a perfect specimen of investors' one data point to the next data point existence. Day 1. Overall US non-farm payrolls fell by less than expected in August. Private sector jobs increased ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
"Same thing happened to me with wife number two, 'member? I have no idea nothing's going on, right? I come home one day and the house is empty, and I mean completely empty. She even took the ice cube trays out of the freezer. What kind of a sick bitch ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed lower and oil prices fell. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 27 points lower at 4,550 points ...