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Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... concerns, social and political unrest and natural disasters. "Inflation worries were a factor in generating considerable interest in products providing exposure to indices covering broad commodities, high dividend paying stocks, high yield fixed income ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... month treasurer Wayne Swan blocked the $80.4 billion bid by the SGX to takeover the ASX, deeming it not in "national interest", yet the ASX has attributed the surge in activity to recent global natural disasters. "Secondary trading activity in cash equities ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... is that it is another case of "too late the hero. " A glance at the latest "Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates" table in the "The Economist" shows that the US budget deficit is forecast to come in at 9.9 per cent of GDP this year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... cut the deficit, both offering starkly different visions of how the US should fix its finances. News of another Chinese interest rate rise over the weekend as Beijing seeks to rein in its booming economy added to the negative tone, dampening sentiment ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Smith postulated that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest free from government intervention and under conditions of competition and common law, would be a self-regulating and highly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Friday after both strong growth and inflation in China cut both ways among investors nervous at the prospect of higher interest rates. Dealers said stronger-than-expected Chinese first quarter growth was positive overall, promising sustained demand for ...

Australian Unity seals $120m debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... financial officer, Australian Unity. Holders of the notes will receive a fixed margin of 3.55 per cent per annum as well as interest based on a three-month bank bill rate. The notes mature in April 14 2016. Australian Unity said it had $12.4 billion ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... lending figures are any guide, the market could be in for a nasty surprise. Despite lifting the reserve requirement and interest rates a number of times over the past few months, lending by China's banks soared by 27 per cent in March from February. ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... perform well as prohibitive headwinds dissipate. "Domestic earnings have been impacted by a range of factors such as rising interest rates last year, which is not likely to continue, a rising currency, which is hard to see continuing much further," said ...