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World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... markets, unstable currencies and mixed interest rate signals also highlights the breadth of the nervousness encircling the globe right now, they said. "Monetary policy faces the difficult challenge of balancing the risks of higher inflation and slower ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... Heinz, president of HFR. According to the firm, investors with stakes in Asian hedge funds hail from all corners of the globe, with approximately half based in Asia, and the rest located in the US and Western Europe. Figures also indicate that there ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... our opportunities as they come. We don't say we want to put "x" hundred million to work in that area. We look across the globe and if we find something it doesn't really matter on a risk adjusted basis. If it makes sense, we'll go look at it," he sai ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... is released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. On the market, Amcor Ltd, Healthscope Ltd, Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd, Globe International Ltd, Transfield Services Ltd and Biota Holdings Ltd hold their annual general meetings. The Australian stock ...

Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
The US sub-prime crisis is stretching its tentacles across the globe and is starting to reach mortgage borrowers as far afield as Australia and in the UK. Not because these countries have a sub-prime problem per se but because the US wholesale credit ...

Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... produce is set to bring serious inflationary pressures to central banks later this year." Drought and flooding across the globe have already cut harvest forecasts between 10 and 20 per cent among the world's main food producers. Reduced grain and water ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... points to 6,198 on 2,801 contracts. Full year earnings continue to dominate market news with Macquarie Leisure Trust Group, Globe International Ltd, and Tattersall's Ltd all announcing full year earnings. Emeco, provider of earthmoving equipment and ...

CBRE Investors announces Aust NZ head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... tolerance for risk, we look forward to providing the Australian market with a full array of investment options, both around the globe and across the risk/return spectrum," said McMenomy said. Keene will be based in Melbourne and is tasked with building ...

Franklin Templeton launches diversified real estate fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... Property is still an asset class which depends on local knowledge and our funds capitalise on local expertise across the globe," Foster said. Maria Wilton, managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia, fund trustee, said it was likely ...

Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... it caused a five-day market retreat that wiped out more than AU$4 trillion from the market value of equities across the globe. Considering this plunge in the index was provoked by misgivings of government moves to curtail speculation, many market analysts ...