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Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate hikes. The US bond market reacted to reports that while initial jobless claims increased to 308,000 in the week ended 17 June, the monthly average ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
... Increasing global growth has reduced the output gap and will limit any improvement in inflation. The statement assured the bond market that the Fed will remain steadfast in keeping inflation at bay. In other news, Standard & Poor's raised its outlook ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
The pattern of it's on again off again - rate hikes that is - continues in the US. Financial markets settled down slightly overnight following calming words by US Federal Reserve officials. Equity and bond markets tumbled yesterday following the release ...

Advance partners with Mellon to launch global alpha play

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
Riding the wave of alpha investing and the need to more flexibly allocate investments to seize opportunities fast, Advance has just announced the launch of its Global Alpha Fund. Mellon Capital Management will manage the fund and actively allocates ...

Hedge funds expect more USD rallies: Greenwich-Van

Recent volatility in the S&P 500 and in global currency markets has made hedge fund managers even more upbeat about the USD. According to the Greenwich-Van Macro Sentiment Index, the proportion of hedge fund managers upbeat on the USD has jumped from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2006
... interest-rate hikes ahead, pressuring such rate-sensitive stocks as American Express and American International Group. The bond market's negative sentiment helped reverse the stock market's earlier advance, which had been driven mostly by gains in semiconductor ...

Suncorp hands HFA $88.7m mandate

Suncorp Life and Superannuation Ltd (Suncorp) has handed HFA Asset Management (HFA) a mandate worth $88.7 million, taking the boutique manager to over $2 billion in assets under management. HFA is an absolute return manager with a diversified international ...

Alternative investing steadily going mainstream: JANA

Leading asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers told a press conference this week that 'alternative thinking' and 'alternative investments' are fast becoming an essential part of mainstream investing. "Increasingly, alternative investments are not ...