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Investors revamp intl property strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010

Count names new chief, profits bounce back

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... approaching the $15 billion FLUA that Count achieved back in 2008. In an ASX statement, Count said that the impact of the GFC on their results has passed. It said that its accounting-based franchised network is on track to resume its long-term growth. ...

Macq sovereign bond fund scoops $300m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Asset Management division said the idea came out of investors wanting to restructure their fixed income allocations after the GFC. For example, in the past 18 months, many investors have turned to separating their credit and government bond investments. ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... against the US dollar since then. It traded at an all-time high US$1.60 versus the greenback on 22 April 2008. Then came the GFC. The global financial crisis weakened the euro vis-a-vis the safe haven US dollar through to early 2009 before the 'green ...

Tiger year ushers investors to China

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... demand list is planners' advice and ability to find opportunities for exposure to China, he said. "Post the backdrop of the GFC, we can see solid numbers coming out of China... this decade is the decade for people to embrace China as a whole," said Wu. ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... interest rates. Please explain? Simple. The market sees what it wants to see, hears what it wants to hear. However, without the GFC panic clouding its vision, it's seeing things clearer this time. Altogether now..."I can see clearly now, the rain is ...

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... unchanged, staying at $43 billion last financial year, reflecting the robust Australian economy and employment market despite the GFC. But voluntary member contributions fell 18 per cent or by nearly $9 billion to $41 billion. Meanwhile, above-SG and ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... more pronounced than its peers. Fast forward to 2007 when the powers that be had to navigate through the murky waters of the GFC and, to everyone's surprise, the Australian economy emerged resilient. He is confident the economy will stay on course but ...

No easy gains in Indian equities: Pereira

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... cent for the financial year if the current economic conditions continue. "Internal consumption has carried India through the GFC and will remain strong. Added to that India has a strong influx of foreign capital, an array of infrastructure projects commencing ...

Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... down activities and costs. Meanwhile, securities lending activity in Australia has been on the rise since the lows of the GFC and the fall of Lehmann Brothers two years ago. According to figures from Data Explorers, there is now more than $80 billion ...