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Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010

... Monetary Fund (IMF) by coming out with a prediction that the global economy would contract 'for the first time since World War II, with growth at least 5 percentage points below potential'. What the magnitude of the contraction is and what the potential ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009

... activity. Without more help from consumers, the economy will have trouble pulling out of the longest recession since World War II. When it settled after trading closed for the day, the Dow had fallen 29.93, or 0.3 per cent, to 9280.67. The S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009

... placing big bets that the ability of companies to squeeze out surprise profits means the longest recession since World War II is finally easing its grip. But even as earnings and some economic reports suggest the economy is strengthening, the stock rally ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009

... be the worst slump since the OECD started tracking its members' economic growth in the 1960s and since the end of World War II. We're surely in trouble now. But wait. The operative phrase here is 'if proven correct.' The problem with predictions is just ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009

... Nationalization is especially difficult in Germany because of its past. The Nazis seized properties owned by the Jews during World War II. And after it, East Germany socialised most private properties. It remains a democracy. America too has taken over ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006

... Asian nations whose economies have grown over the last couple of decades. The IMF was set up about 60 years ago after World War II to help manage exchange rates and the international financial system and is seen as being largely influenced by US and ...

Daily Economic Update

... given the near record unemployment and an expected increase in VAT. German unemployment is still close to a post-World War II record of 12 per cent reached in March this year. Furthermore, job cuts at some of the country's largest companies could see ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:13PM

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA | 12:05PM

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA | 12:03PM

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 11:12AM

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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