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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Shanghai General Motors," Clifford says. How about investing in the rest of Asia? The trend of growing population and raising incomes is also true for other Asian countries. Aberdeen Asset Management senior investment specialist Stuart James says that ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... According to MarketWatch, founder and head honcho of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, expects the Fed to QE". "Never mind raising interest rates - Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund, is predicting that the Federal Reserve will launch ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... for more than a decade and the returns could be more than $150,000, Club Plus Super said. It is a potential solution to raising the extra $130,000 A needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... shareholders invested $103.3 million through the SPP. The placement to WAM Capital Shareholders was also oversubscribed raising $90.1 million. It's expected that the additional funds will result in lower administration costs, greater liquidity for shareholders ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... despite a strong link between governance and risk-taking. Yesterday the Commonwealth Bank announced a $5 billion capital raising that will see an opportunity for eligible shareholders to buy one new share for every 23 shares they hold at a discount of ...

CBA profit tops $9 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... Queensland. In line with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority requirements the bank has launched a $5 billion capital raising that will see an opportunity for eligible shareholders to buy one new share for every 23 shares they hold at a discounted ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... intellectual debate. "It is very difficult to enforce formal rules against companies and those who work in them," Donald said, raising some key questions around governance: "Is financial penalty the right one to apply? Are we after deterrence, remediation ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... the bank, more so that investors seemed to have ridden themselves of the big four banks' - ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC - capital raising spooks of last week. Even more so that commodity prices of most variety have risen overnight. Hurrah for Aussie miners! This ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... went bust in 2000. It went from 459.27 points in 1995 to a high of 1,500.59 - a 227% surge... and this despite the Fed raising rates from 4.75% to 6.5% between 1999 and 2000. By the by, the Fed raised interest rates in quick succession from 1.0% in 2004 ...