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Global hedge fund market shows signs of life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Hedge fund start-ups are attracting money from large institutional investors after the global financial crisis pushed many small to mid-tier hedge funds out of the market. Ben Funk, managing director and head of research at Liongate Capital Management ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Australia and the battering the Australian dollar took during the Asian financial crisis and lately, the global financial crisis. The Australian economy dodged an economic recession in both episodes because it allowed the currency, instead of the economy ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... currency? Because of its debt. Because of its deficit. What happened was that everyone got dirtied by the global financial crisis. Borrowing from Pimco's Paul McCulley and Mohamed El-Erian, America may be the "cleanest dirty shirt" in the closet. What ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... threatened to become a full-blown Global Sovereign Crisis. De ja vu. Just like a movie re-run at the height of Global Financial Crisis -- when anything that could go wrong did - financial markets are again subscribing to Murphy's Law. After a collective ...

AMP Asian strategy gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... manager of listed real estate and infrastructure opportunities," he said. Dunn said AMP had emerged from the global financial crisis with a balance sheet and capital strength greater than prior to the crisis, finishing with $1.2 billion in capital above ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... share market closed sharply lower on Friday to cap off its worst trading week since the height of the global financial crisis in November 2008, amid fresh concerns about the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 92.5 points, or ...

BT dominates platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Despite the positive figures, Kelly remains reserved about future outlook. "We expect the effects of the global financial crisis to be with us for many years."

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... over the past two and a half years," said Mike Smith, chief executive at ANZ. "However, the scale of the global financial crisis and the depth of the economic downturn in the US and Europe means we have to be realistic about the outlook. Recovery events ...

The upside of a downside fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... the product is a short-term risk management tool to manage downside risk. For example, just before the global financial crisis hit, many financial planners called their clients asking them permission to reduce their equities exposure and put that money ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... on Thursday that first-quarter growth expanded 11.9 per cent year on year, its fastest pace since the global financial crisis. China's consumer price index jumped 2.4 per cent in March, in line with market expectations. The headline Nikkei index of the ...