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Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Economic ties between Australia and Indonesia look to be strengthening with the Asian country last week joining the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. The move means up to 92 % of Australia's merchandise exports will eventually be able ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
It's a brand new year, yet why does it feel that times are not a-changin'? The problems of 2011 merely just got carried over into 2012. And if you believe those start of the year forecasts, the times could even be a-changin' for the worse - and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Australian stocks gained about half a per cent, breaking a three-day losing streak, as positive data from the US spurred hopes that the world economy may have some life yet. The number of US jobless claims fell to the lowest level in three years, data ...

Super assets take a hit in September

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... share markets, the September quarter was a particularly bad time for share markets, domestically and globally, so it's no surprise that the numbers went backwards." Meanwhile, contributions to funds with at least $50 million in assets in September were ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
The issue of post-retirement risk as a major challenge facing the financial services industry, was in the spotlight at the recent Investment Management Consultants Association conference in Sydney. Speakers at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... European shares rallied, boosted by optimism over a solution to the eurozone debt crisis at next week's EU summit and a surprise drop in the US jobless rate, capping a week of sharp gains. London's FTSE-100 index of top companies gained 1.15 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... per cent, or 1,012.91 points, to 19,002.26 while Shanghai closed up 2.29 per cent, or 53.45 points, at 2,386.86. In a surprise move on Wednesday the central banks of the United States, the eurozone, Britain, Japan, Canada and Switzerland said they would ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... that "the IMF has under US$400 billion available to lend" (The Economist). Not to worry also that the six central banks' surprise announcement that a more sinister development is afoot in the financial and economic landscape or that the re-liquification ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... it's more likely that they'll meet and agree to kick the can down the road to another summit. It'll be a very pleasant surprise if they surprise as with a concerted, concrete and prompt action plan on 9 December - an early Xmas present if you will. But ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all?" The year 2011 is almost done and by the looks of it, it's turning out to be an annus horribilis for growth assets - equities and commodities - but a good year for defensive investments ...