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The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... and finance professors speculated that Asia and then North and South America would be following their lead once these regions saw all the wonderful things derived from a currency union. The point is that European authorities spent years and years to ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... understanding. "In excess of 90% of our capital is actually outside Australia because we focus on finding the best managers within regions. We used a lot of modelling to help us work out a forward strategy and commitments," said Phill Cummins, QIC investment ...

China's consumption underestimated

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... the United States will probably experience quite slow growth over the next few years. "Asia cannot depend on these two regions for growth; they have to depend on the intra-region growth that is happening. "China is experiencing manufacturing challenges ...

Gensler to depart T. Rowe Price

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... and portfolio manager for the T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund will take over Gensler's responsibilities in other regions. Ratings agency Van Eyk, which announced the retirement yesterday said there would be no change to the high ratings of the fund. ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... company actions." Mercer has been assigning ESG ratings to investment strategies that span asset classes and geographic regions since 2008, although in the most recent analysis it was found that only 9% of more than 5,000 investment strategies achieve ...

Macquarie launches EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... carrying out in-depth analysis of those companies, rather than a top-down approach of focusing on certain sectors and regions," said Leckie. The focus is on companies with strategic advantages within a market and companies assessed as well financed with ...

CIOs see no let up in European debt crisis

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... Colonial First State, found sentiment fell in the last quarter despite an improved outlook for certain asset classes and regions. On a scale of -100 to 100, chief investment officers rated the investment outlook for 2012 as 16, down from 20 in December ...

RREEF Infrastructure acquires Aus gas interest

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... of gas distribution pipeline that delivers gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the fast growing regions of South-East Queensland and Northern NSW. "RREEF Infrastructure has had a long- standing commitment to the Australian infrastructure ...

Melbourne director gets jail sentence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Directors should take action early and seek appropriate advice." ICG successfully tendered for projects in developing regions of the world which were funded by organisations whose goals included the reduction of poverty. ASIC alleged funds made available ...

Antares launches inflation-linked fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... central banks are also impacting on global inflation. "In addition, Australia is anchored to Asia, one of the fastest growth regions in the world. As long as these factors continue, we believe inflation will rise in the future," said Pelosi. "We expect ...