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Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... suicide? China concerns should have also eased after the National Development and Reform Commission - the state's top planning agency - printed yesterday on its website that, "China is able to ensure the stability of the general level of market prices" ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... expectations anyway. Data on US house prices didn't matter - they don't know where they're going. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices fell by 2.4 per cent in the year to August. The S&P/Case-Shiller index showed property values ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... manner over the medium term, according to the statement. The Future Fund Board of Guardians and the Future Fund Management Agency are responsible for investing the assets of the Future Fund, the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund ...

Researchers cast eyes on ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... our process." Meanwhile, S&P Funds Services managing director Mark Hoven told Financial Standard that ratings from his agency on ETFs from State Street and Vanguard could be released within weeks. Hoven rejected the suggestion that ratings on ETFs - ...

US insurer postpones IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... casualty group in the US by direct written premiums, postponed plans to spin off one of its businesses, Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation, indefinitely. In a statement to the press the company said "the stalled economic recovery, volatile stock market ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... measure very soon, if not from tomorrow. Last month, the Fed decided to reinvest the principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into longer-term Treasury securities last month. At any rate, given Wall Street's ...

Costello to leave Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... leave Australia's largest investment fund for pastures new, it was revealed late yesterday. "I am proud to have led the agency through its start-up phase and to have brought together the people, capabilities and infrastructure for its future. As the ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... America. It left the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent and decided to reinvest the principal repayments from agency debt and mortgage-back securities into long-term Treasuries because "...the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... TAM ASX200 All-Weather Fund yesterday, citing concerns over the fund's inadequate infrastructure and personnel, which the agency said could present a significant risk to investors. "Additionally, the investment strategy relies on pre-doctoral research ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... and resales are also finding some positive use. Cards for houses. According to Yahoo! Finance dot com, credit reporting agency TransUnion found that credit card balances fell by 13.4 per cent to US$4,951 in the second quarter - the lowest in more than ...