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BlackRock fund treads allocation balance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... sub-prime meltdown and market volatility. Hudson predicts US growth stocks to outperform value stocks, American equities to top their European counterparts and US equities to leap ahead of bonds, among others. But far from standing still, Blackrock confirms ...

New era for investment analysts

The unprecedented demand for alternative investments in the past two years has turned the world of the investment analyst completely upside down and has inspired the industry's leading experts to go back to "school" to teach the new rules. The Investment ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

... centre stage at the Plan For Life / AFA Life Company of the Year 2007 Awards held in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure won the two top accolades, 2007 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award and the 2007 Annuity Provider of the Year Award. The group faced ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... cent boost in net profit after income tax for the half year ending 31 December, the same period when its Asia Fund was its top performer. The firm's total revenue increased 2.5 per cent to reach $166.3 million for the same period. But Platinum acknowledged ...

CFDs to act as shield: CMC

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... Australian investors and traders in late 2001, and offers more than 2,500 CFDs on various instruments including Australia's top 500 listed companies, US and UK shares and indices, along with commodities and foreign currency pairs (FX).

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... trading since late 2007 make capitalising on diversification into overseas markets a possibility for investors. "The world's top 100 transnational companies - available through one trade in iShares S&P Global 100 have fared better than the global MSCI ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... capital Investors. Risks are heightening because "in essence the RBA is now forecasting inflation to remain above or at the top of its target range out to mid 2010 and it has clearly stated that growth in demand must slow significantly to contain inflation," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... provisions to cover its exposure to subprime credit. The Hang Seng Index closed up 363.92 points at 24,123.17. WELLINGTON - Top stocks pushed the sharemarket into a small gain today after a weaker start, although it fell short of gains on markets around ...

Wealth management buoys AXA profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings today announced a four per cent profit after tax dive to $638.7 million for 2007, but its wealth management business continues to report strong growth. The firm reported a 20 per cent boost to its operating earnings for 2007 ...

India dominates global IPO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... looking globally. "Taking off Reliance Power's US$3 billion IPO - Global IPO decline must have gone down by 64 per cent. Both top two largest IPO markets last year, China and US, experienced declines compared to the same period last year," said Thomson ...