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Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australia's big four banks have posted combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion, but bank chiefs, analysts and investors alike have focused on concerns about the sustainability of returns in a tough environment. Westpac rounded off the reporting ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Farmers in China have seen their incomes grow rapidly this year, helping to close a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Are they back? Yes them, all those who sold in May and went away? This was my first thought after I clicked through the closing numbers on Wall Street and Europe this morning. For what I saw was good - their respective equity indices jump by over 1.0% ...

Big infrastructure underscores China growth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Big infrastructure projects that facilitate rapid urbanisation are playing a major role in reshaping China's economy. China's high-speed rail network contributes to growth sustainability by narrowing economic disparities, and this creates opportunities ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The net effect of manufacturing liquidity to meet investors' desire for access to their funds at short notice is insufficient diversification and reduced investment performance, says Craig Mowll, CEO of Certitude Global Investments. Mowll claims that ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

NAB strengthens asset servicing division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
NAB has appointed Naresh Subramaniam as head of investment services to its asset servicing division. In his new role, Subramaniam will be joining the asset servicing client delivery team where he will focus on further developing and expanding the bank's ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Multinational fund manager BlackRock is increasingly focusing on a model-driven approach of fixed income investing for its clients in Australia and overseas, as it believes this is the method of the 21 st century. BlackRock describes model-based fixed ...