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FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The world is catching the financial literacy bug with the launch of new programs now targeting the impoverished in the third world. Last month the Aflatoun global Campaign for Child Social and Financial Education was launched in Amsterdam by Princess ...

Volatility hits 5-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Volatility in US markets has jumped to its highest levels in five years yet not all volatility managers seem to know how to make the most of it, reports the latest VanMac hedge funds state of play newsletter. "Volatility increased in markets with the ...

Finance jobs fall 8 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Slowing market conditions are finally flowing through to the finance sector with advertised job vacancies falling 8 per cent in over a one month period. Grant Montgomery, managing director of E.L Consult who conducted the Executive Demand Index, said ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Despite the increasing focus on economics and financial markets, Australians don't seem much happier now than they were before, reveals the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Report. The index, which has been operating since 2001, measures the "subjective ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The US Fed, taking its cues from successful school principals and sports coaches, is now leading the game rather than following and it's no surprise that economies and markets are fast falling back into line. Pointing the way is some strategic commentary ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
As agriculture continues to outperform, the push for sustainable biofuels will only increase investor appetite for investment opportunities in the sector. According to the Commonwealth Bank, "Australia's listed agribusiness sector has significantly ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
After months of share market swings, interest rate rises and petrol price jumps, news that house prices might climb 40 per cent over the next five years didn't quite get the reception you would have expected. Instead it just showed how bad the outlook ...

US regulation review models Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The US is moving to an upgraded financial system regulatory model that should remind Australian wealth managers of the debate we had a decade ago during the Wallis Report. Central to the proposed reforms that seem to suggest Australia has become somewhat ...