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Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

Aviva Aus sale poses revenue risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
The sale of Aviva Australia to NAB raises questions on the future revenue flows of Aviva Investors Australia, the local fund management business excluded from the deal. Aviva Investors Australia, formerly Portfolio Partners, is one of the largest and ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a second day of falls on Wall Street as disappointing economic data gave investors a reason to continue to sell stocks. At 0721 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Hong Kong based investors still remain bearish on how the local market will perform for the rest of the year after the J.P. Morgan Investor Confidence Index dipped lower in the March quarter. The index fell 5 points to 95 points in the first quarter ...

HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
Australian High Net Worth (HNW) investors, or those with more than $1 million of investable assets, are more likely to put fresh funds into Australian equities and cash-like investments over the next 12 months than in any other asset classes, a survey ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
So much money has to go somewhere. With almost all governments and central banks of the world pumping liquidity into the financial system, it comes as no surprise that some have flowed into commodities. Along with the rally in the equity markets, the ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
State Street Corporation has been appointed by Rio Tinto to provide investment services for $8 billion in assets. State Street will provide Rio Tinto with custody, fund accounting, securities lending and investment analytics services for its Canadian ...

Furlan to lead Super Complaints Tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The former compliance manager for LegalSuper Jocelyn Furlan has been appointed chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. Senator Nick Sherry, the former minister for superannuation and corporate law, announced Jocelyn Furlan as the full-time ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...