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All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... the Group of 20 nations decided to meet on 15 November 2008 to hatch their battle plans for ending the global financial crisis. For on this very same day in 1920, the League of Nations also held its first general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia ...

Four in five happy with their super: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis prompted only 13 per cent of Australians to change the way they save for their retirement and a majority 80 per cent are happy with the performance of their super fund, a new industry survey shows. The findings were from ...

Pengana Global Volatility gains 24pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... October performance - a time when VIX reached abnormal highs of 80 - when market uncertainty due to the global financial crisis was at its peak. "High volatility breeds uncertainty and uncertainty breeds opportunity [for the fund]," said Wilkinson. With ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... managing director, said the fund would meet investor's appetite for alternative investments. "The biggest global financial crisis since 1929 has forced financial advisers around the world to re-allocate asset and seriously consider ways to diversify ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... four per cent lower on Thursday after an overnight slump on Wall Street as investors worried about the global financial crisis and US recession. The local decline was led by the big miners, and wiped about $50 billion from the value of stocks The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... box to vote for a new president, with investors hoping a new administration will bring relief from the global financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 305.45 points, or 3.28 per cent, to 9,625.28 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 53.79 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... European stock markets closed sharply higher on Tuesday as investors bet on fresh initiatives to resolve the global financial crisis from a new US president. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up 196.22, or 4.42 per cent, to 4,639.50 points. ...

Grove and Counterpoint seal $11bn merger

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... institutions' such as councils, universities and small insurance companies. Ibbetson said that following the global financial crisis, they are looking to advice their clients to buy into short-term duration assets. "The credit crisis has been incredibly ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
The Dubai International Financial Sector governor believes the global financial crisis will strengthen the United Arab Emirates' position as an economic and investment hub. Speaking at the Financial Times /Dubai International Financial Centre World ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...