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Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... growth per se. And while it may be a challenge, it also presents opportunities. Just imagine the spending power of additional heads in the population. Think China and its billion people. Population growth increases the economy's potential growth rate. ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... is back to normal again. Financial markets are scouring every economic report coming their way to divine what is in the heads of the nine members of the Reserve Bank board. An exercise in futility if I could say so! It is hard enough to understand what ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... of the yen carry. Australian recession. China slowdown. Take your pick. This time, these rationales are turned on their heads and used to explain why the Aussie is headed higher still. Recovery is in sight, commodity prices are rising, Australian interest ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... business to Bridge Partners - a company owned by Pacific Century Group. Li, the son of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-Shing, heads the group which is forking out US$500 million for the assets, including approximately US$300 million in cash at closing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... higher in choppy trade on Friday, with investors tested by a mixed US employment report after encouraging words from the heads of the IMF and European Central Bank. The gains were welcome after a four-day losing streak on concerns tentative signs of ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... September, the prospect of good tidings when they are called into account is real. "Mark time march!" Once again talking heads are finding reasons why the rally that started in March would mark time. To explain Wall Street's down move for instance, Bloomberg ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... another month to October (just in case). Fed funds rate - near zero for an extended period (again just in case). While talking heads and financial headlines have spun the Federal Open Markets Committee's (FOMC) statement as, "the recession's end is nigh," ...

SMA ratings bring clarity for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... Investment Partners to provide eight different models on the firm's SMA. Stuart Fechner, manager of investment products at Aviva, heads the SMA division at the firm.

Bennelong fund wins place with Alpha

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... established in July 2008 as a joint venture between Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) and ex-ING Investment Management joint heads of equities Paul Cuddy and Mark East. Matthew Zschech, Alpha portfolio manager, said BAEP's bottom-up fundamental analysis ...

Noonan heads AIST policy committee

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has appointed Gerard Noonan as chair of the AIST Policy Committee. Noonan - the current chair of Media Super - replaces Sandy Grant, who was recently appointed to the panel of the Cooper Review into ...