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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... confirmed that the economy has been in recession since December 2007, sparking fresh worries amid the global financial crisis. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen 680.75 points, or 7.71 per cent, to 8,148.29 points. The Standard ...

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Quantitative versus qualitative managers - who's been battered worse amid the global financial crisis? According to two industry experts, both have had their share of joy and pain surviving the second half of 2008. Rohan Walsh, partner and fund manager ...

Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... them through today as part of the Harmer Review has become even more pressing in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, said Trevor Thompson, the Institute's senior vice president. Catherine Nance, director at PWC, said that based on projections ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... The number will continue to rise as job cuts and people switching jobs also rise in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Philip said it is estimated that up to 35 per cent of working Australians - or triple the number now - may exercise choice ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, will share his insight on how to buffer the fund from the global financial crisis at this year's IMCA conference. Pascoe, an ex-Goldman Sachs managing director, took over the reins of VFMC from Canadian ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Federal Government is employing these surpluses to cushion Australia from a more severe fall out from the global financial crisis. Thank you that this monetary and fiscal spending appears to be working. The Housing Industry Association's (HIA) New Home ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... argument is more apropos to the current predicament the Rudd Government finds itself in as a result of the global financial crisis. That is, closing the bond market will make it harder for the government to borrow money in the future to finance a budget ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis may have dealt severe blows to many Western economies, but an expert on China predicts the communist country's investment opportunities remain robust despite the forecasted international slowdown. Xisu Wang, principal consultant ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... just another tool to reward top-performing stocks and penalise poor performers. But in response to the global financial crisis and the fingerpointing that followed, Ivey said that "as an association, in conjunction with other associations, we are trying ...

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis has thrust the importance of advisors into the limelight - highlighting their roles in safeguarding the wealth and superannuation savings of Australians, according to the Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator ...