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Loomis Sayles taps luxury goods and alt energy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
US based investment manager Loomis Sayles is positioning its Global Growth fund to capture global consumer expenditure in luxury electronic items and rising demand for alternative energy sources despite the on going global economic slump. Mark Baribeau ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... price index was up 42 points at 5,716. In news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new private capital expenditure data for the March quarter. In company news, Tower Australia Group Ltd and GrainCorp Ltd report interim results. Everest ...

JP Morgan breaks into NZ with musical

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... She said during volatile market conditions many finance institutions have a tendency to scale back their marketing expenditure. However, JPMorgan Australia had not changed its marketing spend as the firm does not consider the current economic conditions ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... In seasonally adjusted terms, all industries except food retailing and household goods decreased. Growth in retail expenditure may coincide with institutional investors becoming increasingly bullish about credit markets, reported TheSheet banking industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... Zealand sharemarket continued to fall today after news of Telecom's plans revealed some changes to dividends and capital expenditure. The NZSX-50 index was down 35.44 points, or 0.99 per cent, to 3540, falling for the third day after several days of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... price index futures contract was down 46 points to 5,702. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics private capital expenditure for the December quarter is due. Company reporting season continues with first half results expected from Suncorp-Metway ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... or to the Government in the first instance, and then to the beneficiaries of reduced taxation or increased public expenditure, if the permits are sold competitively)." In other words, fuel and energy costs will increase dramatically. Managing these transitions ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... off at the moment is only $50 billion." He said US consumers have been increasingly using their households to fuel expenditure, but as a result of the credit crunch, these funds will not be easily refinanced. "When 70 per cent of US GDP is consumption ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... authority. IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert said: "Until yesterday it was full steam ahead. This has been a massive expenditure for our members, who were not covered by the Financial Transaction Reporting Act and have not had these monitoring and ...