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IFM wins UK pension mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has moved to reassure Australians in the wake of the International Monetary Fund's latest gloomy outlook for the world economy. In its latest World Economic Outlook update released today, the IMF downgraded global growth forecasts ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
The Pengana Asian Equities fund has been downgraded by Standard & Poor's in the wake of fund manager Elan Miller's departure from the team before Christmas. Miller has been replaced in his role as technical analyst for the strategy by new recruit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Europe finished mixed with Greece preparing to resume talks on a crucial debt write-off deal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying it will raise new money to increase its financial firepower. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seasons Greetings from Financial Standard

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, the Financial Standard team would like to thank you for your continued readership and support. We reached several milestones in 2011, namely the launch of the: * New-look Financial Standard newspaper * Financial Standard iPad ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Well this is it folks, my last piece for the Year 2011 - the year most of us would like to forget. And for my finale, I'd like to take you back to the beginning. At the start of 2011, I wrote: "If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
To all those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing ...