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ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... "Main Street will suffer." The transactions tax has been proposed as a revenue raiser to help address the US government deficit. A statement issued by the ICI noted that a 'securities transaction tax' could apply to the value of trades in stocks, bonds ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Investors can get a better return on emerging markets corporate bonds than they can on US corporates with the same credit rating, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Helene Williamson. Previously only deemed appropriate for speculators ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... stimulated, is it not? And this is happening at the same time that the national government's trying to right its budget deficit. But what about those 750,000 workers that are expected to lose their jobs... and the extra boost to the economy derived from ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... high on Friday and the Nasdaq to its best since 2000, as stocks regained footing helped by a sharply narrowed US trade deficit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also reached a post-crisis high above 14,022 during trade, but slipped back to end up 48.92 ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... the 7.5% growth it predicted previously. The ADB cited high inflation, slowing consumption and the country's huge fiscal deficit. Latest data show that India has the highest inflation rate among the BRICs - 9.8% in November. Worse, it has the widest ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The size and complexity of European Union public pension liabilities masks the funding needs of member countries, according to new research by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. The institute says that Maastricht treaty debt-to-GDP targets are too simplistic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... manufacturing activity hit a two-year high in January. The yen retreated after a two-day rally as Japan logged a record trade deficit for 2012, with exports hit by the ongoing territorial spat with China and Europe's long-running debt crisis. Tokyo reversed ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... that suspends the pay of lawmakers (reportedly till 15 January) if they fail to come up with a plan to reduce the budget deficit by 15 April. What? No pay for 9 months? That should be enough motivation methinks. That's one uncertainty solved...at least ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund, VicSuper recently made significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... Australian market after disappointing US trade figures released on the weekend showed the world's largest economy's trade deficit had expanded to $US48.7 billion ($A46.40 billion). "As we are one of the first markets to digest the US trade figures, a ...