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HFA regains Lonsec rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... maximise returns in line with overall markets during a bull market while preserving capital during the tough times is at the heart of absolute return investing," said Oscar Martinis, HFA Asset Management managing director. "This stability and consistency ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... crisis. But if you fear jobs will disappear in droves to citizens of developing countries such as India and China - take heart. Around 46 will consider outsourcing their back-office application and form processing to local firms, compared to India (23 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from US and European stock markets. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 58 points at 3,639. In economic news on Wednesday, the ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... bonuses they pay themselves, they are wholeheartedly forgoing these now. Instead they would just reluctantly - with a heavy heart -- settle for doubling their base pay to show that they too share the suffering caused by the global financial crisis. Sigh. ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... is incredibly, is A-plus on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the back of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as he went a-visiting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... 13.75, or 0.10 per cent, to 13,130.92 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market strengthened after Wall Street took heart from new Federal Reserve moves to resuscitate the ailing United States economy. New Zealand's benchmark NZSX-50 index closed ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... in the week, France's CAC-40 jumped by 5 per cent and the German DAX soared by 7.1 per cent. So why the sudden change of heart? Well, according to Bloomberg, the ugly US payrolls number in January 'would force Congress to reach a compromise on President ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... of more 'unknown unknowns', investors cannot be faulted for cowering under their mattresses. Some have already suffered heart attacks, others just simply gave up and committed hara kiri (honourable suicide). It's death by a thousand cuts. And in this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... surged more than three per cent Monday, boosted by better-than-expected US data and by banking shares as investors took heart from positive news from the Barclays group. The London FTSE 100 index gained 156.54 points or 3.86 per cent to close at 4,209.01 ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. As for our common defence, we reject as false ...