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Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... the UK, one well-known Australian politician is moving there for good because according to Pauline Hanson, "Sadly, the land of opportunity is no more applicable." Was she talking about Australia -- the envy of the developed world Australia? Happy Valentine's ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... improving tide, risk assets such as commodities and equities still offer the best opportunity to take us to the promise land of prosperity. Economic fundamentals favour risk assets. Sure, we are yet to see growth with a plus sign in front in many of ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... plantation - but be careful not to spend too much. Australians cannot be faulted of course. Gen X and Yers grew up in the land of abundance. Many have not experienced a recession. Everything that could be had was easy to be had. It had been 18 long years ...

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's 100 basis point interest rate reduction early this week, central banks in the land of Europa executed their own move towards zero last night. The European Central Bank turned on the aggression, slashing interest ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... Australian fund managers turn their attention towards New Zealand as they try to take advantage of Kiwisaver and NZ Super, the land of the long white cloud has dipped into negative economic growth and looks set to fall into recession. "The New Zealand ...

MacarthurCook ventures to the long white cloud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... MacarthurCook's decision to buy its stake in Kinloch. The firm also had its eye on increasing its funds management services in the land of the long white cloud, which was indirectly achieved through its stake in Kinloch. Bygrave, however, was hesitant ...

Land of the rising small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Morgan Stanley's global small cap portfolio is steering away from Australia's resource sector and refocusing on Japan's value stocks, according to managing director and co-head of international and global small cap value strategies, Margaret Naylor. ...

Superpartners crosses Tasman for new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... September 2007. Originally from Melbourne, Camm will return to Australia following a four-and-a-half year stint in the Land of the Long White Cloud. Prior to his role at AMP, Camm spent 16 years with ANZ, working as managing director of the mortgage ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

There's been a major reshuffle in the annual list of the world's 500 largest fund managers after the spate of mergers and demergers that rocked the industry last year. According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 Ranking Survey ...

James Fielding forestry portfolio expands into NZ

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2005
The fund management arm of property group Mirvac says its sustainable energy fund plans to expand its forestry portfolio with a purchase in New Zealand for almost $100 million. James Fielding Funds Management chief executive Adrian Harrington says the ...