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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
It's official - China is now the second biggest economy in the world! Japan practically handed China the silver medal on a silver platter after releasing its National Accounts showing that the country's real GDP increased at an annualised rate of 0.4 ...

Avoid high yield traps: State Street

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
According to the report, investors should be cautious when looking to add stocks with misleadingly high dividend yields to their portfolios, as the higher yield is often a result of significant price declines rather than increases in dividends paid. ...

Goldman Sachs retains 'highly recommended" rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Goldman Sachs Core Plus Australia Fixed Income Fund has retained its 'Highly Recommended' status by Zenith Investment Partners after a management reshuffle following the retirement in October of their Australia chief investment officer Andrew Cooke. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by gains in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.8 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,415.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 16.7 points, or ...

Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
Australia's funds industry might lead the world in terms of government policy, but is badly let down by its poor leadership, said Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at asset consultant Towers Watson. Urwin, speaking at the Fund Executives ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
Yep, the scare is on! Expect nothing less - it's Friday the 13th anyway. Jason and Freddie Kruger are out to induce a nightmare on Wall Street. But wait, it wasn't Jason, nor was it Freddie - it was the US initial "weekly" unemployment insurance claims ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon after a poor performance on global markets overnight and a lift in the domestic unemployment rate. The market also took a dim view of weak profit results from Telstra and Qantas. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Ouch! Now that hurt didn't it? Of course it did. The S&P 500 index dropped by 2.8 per cent, the Dow fell by 2.5 per cent and the Nasdaq declined by 3 per cent. Not a good night overall. But why am I not surprised? As I've written just two days ago ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
With the ink hardly dry on the Cooper Report's recommendations for a Trustee Code of Practice, the prudential regulator APRA has released revised trustee guidances on capital structures, risk management, resources adequacy and trustee fitness. Following ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
With the election less than two weeks away, a key super fund executive weighs in on how it plans to grow the fund regardless of who wins the race. Paul Schroder, general manager of growth and new opportunities at AustralianSuper, said the trillion dollar ...