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Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Victorian councils will fund a deficit uncovered in a Vision Super defined benefit fund through a special purpose bond issue backed by the state government. The Melbourne-based industry super fund, which manages funds on behalf of public sector employees ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Retail managed funds grew by $22.4bn during the first quarter taking the total to $510.5bn for the year to March, down 1.8% on the corresponding 2011 figure. The 4.6% growth in funds during the quarter however will since have been undone, according ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... liquidity has contracted substantially on the back of increasing regulation," said Osses. "Second, the US current account deficit has decreased substantially since 2007... and it is likely to continue to correct as the US government tightens fiscal policy ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... holds the purse wins, the 100 bil will be counted as Spanish debt (of which interest payments would go into the fiscal deficit), deficit to GDP goes up, debt to GDP goes up, more downgrades, higher interest rates, economic contraction, more request for ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... rate for a very long time to America. The country, which based on The Economist magazine's forecast, will have a budget deficit of 7.6% of GDP this year - slightly better than the 7.8% deficit expected for Greece but worse than Spain's predicted 5.9% ...

NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... NSW Government and the Federal Government have been unable to come to an agreement on who will be responsible for the deficit. "The commonwealth government and the NSW Government have to determine who is responsible for what, in relation to the 4.3 billion," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... 2,372.23. Spain has moved into focus as it struggles with a banking crisis while battling record unemployment, a huge public deficit and a recession, raising concerns of a financial collapse. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 6.94 points, or 0.2 per cent ...

Aus investors over-reacting on Euro fears

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Australian investors are being swept up in the fear surrounding the European credit crunch, but local sentiment may be over-reacting as markets are already pricing in the worst-case scenario, according to a number of researchers. "We're more hostage ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... government having such easy access to new debt, the office of Congressional Budget Oversight has estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 will increase by US$93bn to US$1.2 trillion. But the recurrent deficit is still expected to fall over ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... top euros (6.3% on 10-year bonds) for debts and the one which "The Economist" magazine predicts will be running a budget deficit of around 5.9% of GDP this year is playing Robin the Hood(lum) - taking from the poor "choking from austerity" taxpayers ...