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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts. The Indian economy's growth rate has come down from the double-digit pace recorded in 2010 to a mere 3.2% in the year to ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Australian economists agree that how the country's economy transitions from mining-driven investment to other areas of growth will be the single biggest issue of 2013. Speaking this morning at Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The end of 2012 saw Australia's confidence about the future of the economy fall to near record lows, according to research by Allianz. The Allianz Future Optimism Index showed that sentiment fell most sharply in South Australia where it recorded the ...

Risk control software targets HFTs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Global trading platform provider InfoReach claims its new software can significantly reduce the risk of high frequency trading systems going haywire. The group says that recent multi-million dollar losses in the capital markets, such as the so-called ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Betterer and betterer. That's the feeling one gets when one scours through the macro stats and surveys released over the past 24 hours. Never mind reports of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowering its world growth forecast anew - down to 3.5% ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... do. As French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius put it on French radio, "If Britain wants to leave Europe we will roll out the red carpet for you." Or in Dirty Harry's parlance, "go ahead punk, make my day"!

FATCA outcome remains unclear

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The full impact of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations from the US Treasury and IRS on Australian financial institutions is still uncertain, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Ernst & Young's Oceania Banking and Capital Markets ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The Australian market is higher as news of Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese's resignation drives up mining stocks. At 1028 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,722.1 and the broader All Ordinaries index ...