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The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... slightly risen from their cycle lows - 18 basis points. This compares with a 176 jump in US bond yields and 167 on gilts. The eye of the global financial crisis may be centred in America and Britain one of the countries hit most hard by the financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was marginally in the red at noon in directionless trade following mixed overseas leads overnight. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13.8 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 3,783.1 points, while the broader ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Hong Kong based investors still remain bearish on how the local market will perform for the rest of the year after the J.P. Morgan Investor Confidence Index dipped lower in the March quarter. The index fell 5 points to 95 points in the first quarter ...

Fin services firms eye green IT

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Financial services firms may become more sustainable after a study found around nine in 10 senior IT executives are talking about adopting a green IT strategy. A green IT strategy is designed to make a firm's computing resources more efficient by using ...

DDH Graham eyes more QIC funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Brisbane-based fund manager DDH Graham is looking to add more QIC funds to its products list. DDH Graham, which in March became the Responsible Entity for four managed funds that were previously managed by Q Invest, is not ruling out adding more funds ...

CAAM eyes credit and currency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is shifting the firm's global fixed income strategy's emphasis from specific country exposure to a sector based strategy that targets credit securities and currency plays. CAAM Global Bond fund's recently released ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
From applause to criticism, industry reactions have been mixed towards ASIC's announcement today that it had lifted the ban on covered short selling of financial securities. ASIC today lifted the ban which was first put in place on 21 September last ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The $1.2 billion Professional Associations Superannuation Limited industry fund has its eyes set on boosting its exposure to alternative investments. Paul Kessell, investment manager for PASL which oversees the combined investment strategies of AESuper ...

Plus Capital eyes offshore managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
Third party marketer, Plus Capital, is in talks with three offshore alternative investment managers to provide Australian institutional investors with access to their strategies. Plus Capital represents offshore investment managers that don't have a ...