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All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... slump in the first three months of 2011 was bigger than the 0.9 per cent contraction in the midst of the global financial crisis in the last quarter of 2008 nor that it was the worst outcome since the last recession in 1991 shook financial markets' conviction ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... Hyperion's investment team and their strong long-term investment record including their ability to navigate the global financial crisis." The $17 billion construction industry fund issued a total of six mandates in the year to December worth $743 million ...

Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... sector report, released today. Peter Ward, fund services analyst for S&P, said it was a hangover from the global financial crisis. "The saga started in 2008... it's a carry over from that period," he said. While some investors wanted to stay in the mortgage ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... of a 32-year old hotel maid at the Hotel Sofitel on Times Square, New York. I linked this fiasco to the global financial crisis because what else is there that could drive the head of the most powerful international money institution of the world but ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... value those services deliver. About 57 per cent of respondents do not trust their fund as much since the global financial crisis. TWUSUPER had $1.99 billion in funds under management as at June 30, 2009, according to Rainmaker research.

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... particularly his close coordination with the Government and our other financial regulators during the global financial crisis," said Swan. If approved, Medcraft's appointment will extend for a term of five years. In related news, Treasurer Swan also ...

Direct investors dump managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... investors preferred to delegate," noted the survey report.. Driving the exodus is that "experiences during the global financial crisis appear to have encouraged many investors to take a more active role in building their knowledge and in making decisions ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... for Australian resources- buying 25 per cent of all Australian exports. "Like China, we emerged from the global financial crisis without dropping into recession. This performance is explained by several factors. China's continued demand for our exports ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... financial crisis of 1997/98. Talks of capital control management would have still been a no-no had the global financial crisis not shown that unfettered free market policies also lead to greed that impoverishes. But heading towards the other extreme ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... London overnight that world markets remained fragile, despite many economies having recovered from the global financial crisis. But he said the miner was well placed for growth as emerging markets urbanised. The big retail banks were mostly weaker. ANZ ...