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Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... equity-like returns in the long term but with lower volatility than an equity only portfolio. SSgA also plans to launch a third strategy in this range called Diversified Alternatives which will provide exposure to a portfolio consisting only of alternative ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... March. Transport firm Asciano Group Ltd releases audited interim results. Australian shares finished in the red for the third consecutive trading day yesterday, as investors shunned the big miners and energy stocks, although a small relief rally in the ...

Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Household wealth in Australia is now estimated to be $5.1 trillion after jumping 12 per cent last year, reveals the latest analysis from Treasury. The figures are contained in a Treasury Roundup discussion paper by analysts Anthony Goldbloom and Andrew ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... new black in private equity after Baring Asia injected $95 million into an energy investment company in China, home to the third largest reservoir of coalbed methane, an alternative fuel source. Baring Private Equity Asia, which boasts around $2.7 billion ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... Rules that notify the market of director trades more than five business days after the trade. The report found more than one third of companies did not notify the market of changes to director interests 14 days before an event. "The results of this research ...

Raise the pension, says seniors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A consumer body is flagging the need for a raise in the Age Pension following reports that the government may ditch the $500 bonus payment to senior Australians this year. Australia's largest consumer organisation for older Australians, National Seniors ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... channels, which can be time consuming, costly and cumbersome. The integrity of information has often been compromised through third party providers such as recruitment agencies and generalist job sites, according to Six Figures. "It's about opening up ...

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... with INGA would facilitate with funding and resources to support their business objectives. In December, INGA became the third largest dealer group in the country, adding more than 145 advisers and $2.5 billion in funds under advice, after it bought ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... so-called 'new economy' of the United States; second, an increasingly talked about rapid industrialisation of China; and third, a barely recognised boost to labour force participation in many industrialised countries (not including Japan) arising from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... commodity prices. The Nikkei average hardly moved, up just 0.10 point at 12,992.28. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell for a third straight session, hit by sinking mainland stock markets and a prevailing caution ahead of a spate of blue chips' earnings ...