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Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... in print. Carlsberg -- it disappointed earnings expectations...and metals - they slid or dipped, depending on which news agency you follow. But let's put this in perspective. The headline stems from the 0.2% dip in the Euro Stoxx 600 index overnight. ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Australia's criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Rating agency Zenith has recommended the Blue Sky Water Fund, which trades physical water assets that it says are uncorrelated to mainstream investments. The Blue Sky Water Fund is an unlisted fund operating in the alternatives space which focuses on ...

La Trobe mortgage fund scoops industry award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Financial and we are again delighted to be awarded the Gold award from Money Magazine." In February, independent ratings agency SQM Research awarded the PMO a four star research rating. This was followed in June by a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... downturn, although recession was likely to continue into the beginning of next year. Data from the European Union's statistics agency Eurostat showed retail sales fell by 1.2 per cent in October from September, the third straight monthly decline and ...

Euler Hermes appoints Chris Doube CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... 2012, he was country manager of Coface Australia, and most recently served as general manager of Trade Credit Underwriting Agency at National Credit Insurance Brokers (NCI). An Australian national, DoubA(C) holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) risk, and internal managers are harder to terminate," said John Evans, associate professor ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... QE3 announced last 13 September 2012. The day the Fed promised to "increase policy accommodation by purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month... for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens". ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... points at 4,360. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Santos CEO David Knox, International Energy Agency executive director Maria van der Hoeven and General Manager of Energy Industry Analysis at Rio Tinto Stephen Wilson are ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... and not the 10-minute tick. Speaking about the 10-year future, lost in the headlines is the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook report where it predicts that America would become the world's top oil producer by 2017 - surpassing ...