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Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Macquarie, BT and AXA are some of the platform providers Zurich Financial Services will be targeting next year as the firm shifts its strategy from launching new products, to increasing its presence in the platform sector. Matthew Drennan, general manager ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Local fixed interest managers are positioning their portfolios carefully to avoid the Irish fiscal hangover and to exploit opportunities. The European sovereign debt crisis, which has been bubbling under the surface for months now, has resurfaced and ...

Perth mint eyes gold investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Western Australian government is making it easier for retail investors to buy gold and silver investments in real-time through a new project spearheaded by the Perth Mint. Targeting investors from individuals to institutions looking for volume breaks ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Whac-a-mole 2.0! Remember whac-a-mole 1.0 when the global financial crisis was just starting? It was then, that the air was ripe with speculation as to which financial institution's head - Bear Sterns, Fannie/Freddie, AIG - the US Fed/Treasury tandem ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Qantas Super has reduced its exposure to international and local equities in favour of hedge funds, unlisted infrastructure and return seeking credit following an asset allocation update. The $5 billion super fund has made a 5 per cent boost to its ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Damned if they didn't, damned now that they did! Wall Street is behaving just like any four-year old these days. A four-year old who gets a present, he eagerly opens it, eyes beam, plays with it for about... maybe a week, then discards and wants something ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

Bell IXL eyes India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
National Stock Exchange-listed boutique investment firm, Bell IXL Investments, has made a takeover bid for troubled listed investment company India Equities Fund (INE). Massimo Livio Cellante, managing director of Bell IXL, said in a letter to INE shareholders ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight. All key indices are higher, as are precious and base metals and oil. The Australian dollar briefly reached parity once more with the US dollar on Tuesday night. ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... income from domestic bonds, Thailand Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij warned on Oct. 25 that regulators are "keeping an eye" on speculative inflows." The bottom line is that it is this brewing currency war that presents a bigger threat to the global ...