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Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... expected to announce the doubling of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) to EUR440 billion today. The United Nations has taken charge of the situation in the MENA region by bombing Qaddafi. On top of these, the Bank of Japan is now adding more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... higher on Friday, with the UK bourse rallying from a technically oversold position as intervention by the Group of Seven nations to help stabilize the Japanese yen boosted sentiment. Energy stocks drove a large proportion of the gains. London's FTSE ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he managed the fund's commitments in accordance with the United Nations principles for responsible investment. Fuller's experience in the ESG field dovetails well with Mercer's own environmental ...

Developed markets enjoy strong inflows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... wind to support global assets," he added. Fund managers believe that this will be a short-term trend, while developed nations continue to offer economic stimulus and emerging markets work to calm any major fears of inflation. "We'll come to the point ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... brought a strong grounding in environmental, social and governance issues to the job, having formerly worked with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. "With a growing need for trustees to understand environmental, social and governance ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... production." And of course, that spookiest of all questions, what if Saudi Arabia itself falls or the oil-producing MENA nations all fall down? Agree. There's no doubt, the world will be in a whole heck o' trouble. But this is a big "if" if you ask me. ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Saudi Arabia alone has more than enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran are also in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and round it goes, where ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... is in direct contrast to the very low interest rates and quantitative easing programs currently engaged in by developed nations' central banks. The recent rise of food and energy prices - commodities that constitute a greater proportion spending in emerging ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... by almost half this year to an average of 1.5 million barrels per day, inventory levels are near a five-year high, OPEC nations have more spare productive capacity than in 2008 and more Iraqi crude is on the way." And from one of the horses mouth himself ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... latest stat I found) while Tunisia's fell from 16.5 per cent to 14.1 per cent. So it must be that the citizens of these nations could subsist with corruption and no jobs. But they cannot live without food. To date, food prices have risen by nearly 27 ...

Editor's Choice

Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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