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Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... the Republican controlled House of Representatives blocked the route to raising the debt ceiling. As a result, ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut the US's coveted AAA credit rating. With the election thought to be one of closest contests since George ...

NSW councils entitled to compo: Fed court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
A federal court judge ruled yesterday that 13 NSW councils were entitled to compensation from ratings agency Standard & Poor's, investment bank ABN Amro and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS). The councils lost $16 million, or 93% of their capital ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state owned Xinhua news agency on Thursday. Rural residents' per capita cash income was 6778 yuan ($A1041) in the first nine months of this year, up 12.3% ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... be a second and third) which "is based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency" (BEA) and it's dated. What's more important now is the way ahead. We could see more flip-flopping on The Street this week as ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... it did. The Fed decided not to change policy settings this month. "...the Committee will continue purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month. The Committee also will continue through the end of the year ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... $500 billion not-for-profit superannuation funds calls were joined by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) following the release of research into the experiences of female directors of super funds at the AIST Fund Governance ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... capabilities is a key differentiator for the firm in designing and managing ETFs in the Australian market place. The rating agency believes that management fees for the funds are highly competitive when compared to products in a similar space. Zenith ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Spain's 17 regions that Reuters' report that he will seek a bailout as early as this weekend is utter falsehood. ""If a news agency reports that we'll ask for aid this weekend, there can only be two explanations; that the agency is right, and knows more ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... borrow only 40 billion euros from the eurozone, far below the maximum on offer of 100 billion euros. Moody's credit ratings agency meanwhile on Monday said that while recapitalisation of Spanish banks would help shore up confidence, the amount in rescue ...

Investment teams need more skin in game

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... and investment teams in institutions to have their own super money in funds put together for clients would help control agency risk, one research manager has argued. Daniel Liptak, head of alternative research at Zenith Investment said having CIOs and ...