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Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
China's runaway economy may be reason enough to cut the value of the yuan without any pressure from US Treasury, but pressure is gently mounting for a single Asian currency. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese Government is considering a currency revaluation ...

HOSTPLUS launches super sport campaign

Industry fund HOSTPLUS, which enjoyed an advertising coup last year with its sponsorship of NRL grand finalist Melbourne Storm, is to roll out another aggressive sports-themed campaign for this year. The new TV campaign will show a montage of different ...

Zenith recommends Macq's Fusion Funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Macquarie's capital protected Fusion Funds have been awarded a 'recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. Director David Smythe said, "A Fusion fund alternative provides investors further peace of mind on retention of their capital and overall ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The global economy is more autonomous than at any time in our history, according to AXA's chief investment officer, Mark Dutton, and therefore risks cannot be looked at as sector-specific or in isolation. Dutton said that whereas historically the world ...

More data leakage and spam in 2007

US-listed messaging security group, Tumbleweed Communications, which counts Bank of America Securities and JP Morgan Chase & Co as clients, warned that data leakage and spam are among the key IT security threats this year. "The spam problem will continue ...

Size pushes IXIS to close global credit fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
IXIS Asset Management is closing its Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund, just a year after launching the fund in Australia, after it broke through $750 million in assets. Karyn West, IXIS managing director, said the way the fund operates switching ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

CBUS director George Wason has been replaced on the fund board by fellow Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Dave Noonan, following an election held last week. The decision came amid reports in the Canberra Times of a Federal ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...