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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue its recent run of losses on Thursday as Wall Street fell sharply on weaker economic data and a lower forecast for upcoming growth figures. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Canadian pensions have bounced back in the third quarter of this year, with local bonds and global shares the major contributors to the recovery. According to a RBC Dexia Investor Services survey, which monitors Canadian pension plans and money managers ...

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
"I want 8.0 per cent or better economic growth this year!" When the Chinese central government issues this request, its subjects only asks, "do you want fries with that?" Sinoland is not called a centrally planned economy for nothing. Early in 2009 ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Superannuation helped Australia avoid a recession, with new research from ASFA showing the country's Gross Domestic Product would have been 1.8 per cent lower in June 2008 without the super system. Superannuation has played a vital role in strengthening ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Infrastructure managers face tough barriers to mandates from institutional investors if they do not review their high fee models, argues Watson Wyatt. A new research paper from Watson Wyatt, titled Improving Fees in Infrastructure, said the firm favours ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Gulf region stands to destabilise global asset prices depending on how it redeploys its investment capital, after new data found the value of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than ...

FIIG hires ex-Goldman Sachs exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
FIIG Securities has appointed former Goldman Sachs fixed income executive Simon Ward as associate director in fixed income sales, based in its Sydney office. In his new role, Ward will be responsible for buying and selling the full range of fixed-income ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly lower after Wall Street stocks dropped after mixed corporate earnings reports. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 13 points lower at 4,780. ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...