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Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... These strategies will invest across a combination of asset classes, including equities, property, high-yield bonds, commodities and infrastructure. They will also include exposure to synthetic hedge funds through allocations to SSgA's hedge fund replication ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... will be there, but not in as much as it would have 5 or 10 years ago," said Mobius. The two major growth areas lie in commodities and consumers, says Mobius. "Consumers in emerging markets are now wealthier per capita. Their income has gone up, so it's ...

ING IM target resource rich states

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... said Wright. "When developing portfolios we need to be aware Asian economies will continue to grow and Australia's commodities growth will be sustained by that." He said European and Middle Eastern economies would remain strong despite an impending US ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... sharply lower house prices - that's got economists speculating over the US heading for 1970s-style stagflation. Strong commodities and food prices have caused the Fed to upgrade core inflation forecasts for 2008 from 1.7 per cent-2.0 per cent to 1.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... lowest close since January. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks eased in volatile trade as resource shares paced declines in commodities, driving the market to its lowest level since February 11. The Hang Seng Index closed down 5.53 points, or 0.02 per cent ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... co-owned Ascalon has teamed up with absolute return manager H3 Global Advisors Pty Limited to launch the Ascalon H3 Commodities Fund. The new fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified commodities portfolio, and is managed by Andrew Kaleel ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... exports. It is often seen as a de facto indicator of a country's net wealth and so our terms of trade surging due to our commodities' export boom is consistently seen as a good thing. But this terms of trade boom may also be undoing its own good works ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... The Nikkei average fell 105.79 points to close at 13,925.51. HONG KONG - Stocks rose for a third straight day as a commodities rally fuelled resource plays, and refiner Sinopec Corp leapt on talk it may receive government subsidies as oil prices test ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... Japanese authorities have recognised our capabilities in this area," Arun Murthy, Singapore-based head of Asia-Pacific commodities trading, said. Lehman Brothers has increased its global reach in international carbon markets in the past 18 months by ...

CFDs to act as shield: CMC

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... CFDs on various instruments including Australia's top 500 listed companies, US and UK shares and indices, along with commodities and foreign currency pairs (FX).