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US-Aust rates spread widens to 250 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
The US cut in interest rates to just 4.25 per cent pushes the differential against Aussie rates to a near record high of 250 basis points and signals more turbulence for the AUD and jittery world share markets. The third US rate cut this year continues ...

China on shaky platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
As international investment firms jostle to invest in China's growth story, a Wiley-Blackwell report found the country's position might not be as stable as previously thought. China as a Net Creditor: An Indication of Strength or Weakness? Found China's ...

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has rejected criticism by some financial planners that industry super funds are taking too long to process superannuation transfers. AIST's chief executive officer, Fiona Reynolds, said the ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Government of Singapore Investment Corp and an unidentified Middle Eastern investor (rumoured to be a state controlled fund from Oman) have chipped in $11.6 billion in capital into UBS to lift it out of the sub-prime funding jungle. This is the latest ...

The lighter side of super: HESTA

Laughter is not only the best medicine, it can also be a handy educational tool judging from a new financial literacy initiative of HESTA Super. HESTA has signed up comedian Fiona O'Loughlin, who is a regular Spicks and Specks panelist, to feature in ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
While developing countries like China and India are set for continued strong economic growth, developed countries should brace for a slowdown, albeit a moderate one, said the OECD. According to the OCED, their latest composite leading indicators (CLIs) ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Growing intra-region trade within emerging markets is pushing Asia to the centre of world financial affairs faster than we realise. "Fifty per cent of all world trade now has an Asian leg," said Craig Weeks, senior vice president of global trade services ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Keep picking investment managers and adding them to your portfolio until you can't find another good one, Russell Investment Management told yesterday's IMCA's conference. "Picking good managers is fundamental to any multi-manager portfolio. But many ...