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Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
"Am I not pretty enough?" - Kasey Chambers This remains 2010's biggest question as we bade July bye bye. Just look at Wall Street's reaction over the weekend when America's real GDP results for the second quarter was released. What reaction? There was ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker on Friday after a fall on Wall Street overnight. Miners and energy stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil gained overnight. At 0806 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

BTIM hires new portfolio manager, Swift departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
BT Investment Management (BTIM) completes the restructure of its multi-strategies business with the appointment of a new senior portfolio manager for the diversified funds while Robert Swift's role as head of multi-strategies has been made redundant. ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, does not expect the world economy to experience a double dip recession but is positioning investment portfolios for lower global growth. Taylor said the chance of a global double dip ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... is headed. There was good news on the US housing market last night. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose by 1.3% in May -- the second straight monthly increase - following a 0.9 per cent rise in the previous month. Like yesterday's US new home ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Don't bet your house on new home sales... at least, not yet! Wall Street is all a-flutter with welcomed news about the reported 23.6 per cent increase in new home sales to an annualised 330,000 units in June from the previous month. And what was last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open higher after the Dow Jones hit a two-month high on Monday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 26 points at 4,502 points. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer commodities prices during the offshore session. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 64 ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
New Zealand investors in two frozen funds by ANZ and ING (NZ) stand to benefit from a $36 million (NZ$45 million) settlement fund arranged by the regulator after both funds breached marketing material compliance rules. In its largest monetary settlement ...