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Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... Eu Jo Chan, investment analyst at van Eyk. "However taking into account the spike in correlations it is clear that everything was sold off together." The van Eyk review initially included 13 fund managers with nine making the review process and two fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... fairly quietly. "No one wants to take too many risks heading into the weekend," Mr Manley told AAP. "Across the board, everything seems to be doing well. There's nothing dragging it down. "There are some slight gains, but nothing too dramatic." The major ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... unexpected economic or financial shock comes along the way, the equity markets' forward momentum would remain intact. Everything that could go wrong already did. Central banks and national governments around the world are spending big to right these ...

Tonight's the night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... made based on these projections. There were very few who argued against these predictions back then. Last May 2008, everything looked hunky dory. Not a cloud in sight. Let's party! Until the global financial crisis. What was 2.75 per cent growth forecast ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... boards have the fundamentals in place for good governance," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST. However, while everything is running smoothly at the moment, the research found many board members are nearing retirement. "Super fund boards, much ...

Baby boomers hang on to investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... interesting to note that this generation view retirement very actively - as a series of phases -rather than a period where everything [comes] to a stop," said Gunning. "Gone are the days where working life ceases and retirement begins, particularly with ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... with NSW-based fund, the Catholic Super & Retirement Fund. "In deciding whether to merge, we applied the same test to everything we examine - 'Is this in the best interests of our members?' At this stage, we are overwhelmingly convinced the answer is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... banks' balance sheets. "It's a bit of fiction they've created by not going mark-to-market. It creates the fantasy that everything is okay," Mr Hancock said. "They're delaying the reality." Three of Australia's major lenders moved into positive territory ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... economy is on the mend or the global economy is still wallowing from its debt-inflicted pain. Wall Street sat where everything seems to be turning up roses. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose by 1.3 per cent overnight following the US Federal Reserve's Beige ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... over a third of its 89.53 peak hit in October 2008. But of course just as many shooed away the peddlers of doom when everything seemed so bright, an equal number (perhaps more) are opting to continue to bury their heads in the sand. Certainly there will ...