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Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
"The recovery has started." This is the world according to IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. Or read another way, the global recession is over. My immediate reaction on reading this was a deep sigh. No, not a sigh of relief. But a sigh of disappointment. ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
One of the US' largest pension funds, CalPERS, has forked out $550 million for a 60 per cent slice of a Macquarie CountryWide Trust's portfolio of shopping centers. The $224 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System closed the half a billion ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Just when you thought the last day of the month, the quarter and the halfway mark of 2009 would end on a high note for Wall Street, it ended with a whimper. Yes, while we were recharging our batteries -- and dreaming about winning that A$106 million ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Black or white - just beat it All together now. "It's Black, It's White It's Tough For You To Get By It's Black, It's White, Whoo" No this is not another tribute to the King of Pop...and certainly not another Michael Jackson joke. This is about Wall ...

Equities jackpot for HNWs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Over 90 per cent of wealth manager clients will demand direct equity investments in the next two years, new figures show. A survey by Datamonitor shows that wealth managers, who serve the financial needs of HNW individuals, expect that over 90 per cent ...

To Scotland we will go

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters, a pig comes along. And if you've been following the headlines and the pig stories you'll be scared - very scared. Wall Street grew fearful as the reported infection tally of people and countries ...

RaboPlus cuts fee on BT fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... exploit inefficient market pricing and also deliver income. The BT Wholesale-Imputation fund's portfolio managers include Jack Chemello, BT Investment Management's head of Australian equities, Crispin Murray and a team of analysts. The fund typically ...

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Property Fund and Property Income Fund on hold. Global portfolio manager and head of Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors, Jack Foster, will take over Pialloux's role and European stock responsibilities for the funds while managing his existing portfolios. ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
There is a saying that goes, 'if you have nothing good to say, just shut up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest ...