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Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... corruption. In contrast, scores for India and South Africa have been dragged down due to the large 2014 budget deficits these nations are expected to hand down. Taiwan's score also fell following a wave of ministerial resignations this year have shaken ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... can use this period to strengthen their fundamentals while at the same time allowing the fledgling recovery in developed nations to gather stronger momentum. Good news all around for the markets - equity markets, in particular. For apart from the Fed's ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... Hussein's brother-in-law to illegally supply plastic bank notes to the Iraqi government while it was subject to United Nations sanctions. The whistleblowers also confirmed that ASIC decided in 2012 not to conduct an inquiry into the directors of the ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Hepner points to high levels of corporate debt in China and current account weakness outside of the major resource rich nations as structural headwinds in the region, he said the likes of Taiwan, Myanmar, Korea, Philippines and Thailand are in a much ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Company's General Manager, Corporate Clients, Andrew Cannane said that, if you factor in the growing pension funds of other nations such as Canada, then it is safe to say "competition for quality assets will be intense." Cannane cited the fierce competition ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Likewise, Rae explained that different geographies were showing huge disparities in valuation between them. The ASEAN nations, for instance, are trading at a premium of 1.5 times while the Philippines -- the most expensive region - is trading at double ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Buffett pledged to give about $31 billion to the Gates Foundation, which aims to improve health and education in poor nations. He has been donating annually ever since. Buffett's total fortune is estimated at around US$59 billion.

Australian online broker market 'world's most highly concentrated'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... market," Johnston said. The percentage of Australians who traded online in 2012, at 3.2%, was greater than that of all other nations apart from Singapore.

London firm Stratton enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
London-based investment manager Stratton Street's New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond Fund will available for wholesale and institutional investors for the first time in Australia, with Equity Trustees acting as the responsible entity. The fund focuses ...