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FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... integration will allow FTSE to create new indices and provide greater performance and risk analysis. FTSE also appointed PBC owner, Tom Nadbielny as the firm's quantitative research director. Nadbielny will manage the firm's London, New York and Hong ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Tomorrow is the inauguration of Mr. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. What does the day after tomorrow hold? Long before this event, the media had already been speculating on what First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be wearing ...

What a member wants

Threats to superannuation discussed as mere theories only 18 months ago are now real - a turn of events that should encourage debate on whether super fund members should be treated as 'investors' or 'fund beneficiaries', said a governance expert. Scott ...

Frontier hires analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... August. The asset consultant also hired four analyst across its investment research arm in September last year. Erin Cullino, Tom Frederick, Cara Maxworthy and Sarkis Tepeli all joined the firm. Hill said the reason behind the appointments was a number ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Roll out the printing presses. Cutting the Federal funds target rate below 1 per cent is certainly feasible. This was the statement delivered by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in his speech before the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stockmarket remained weaker at noon with both the financial and resources sectors holding the market down. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.8 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3674.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
Inflation is out and deflation is the new black. If the prospect for falling prices becomes entrenched even free money will be expensive. Just over four months ago when crude oil reached nearly US$150 a barrel, many central bankers remained keenly focused ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Buying on news? Bargain-hunting? Attractive valuation? Crisis solved? Factor X? Whatever the reason, Wall Street see'd again when it should have saw'ed. US equities surged almost 7 per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket has made a strong start to November, up more than two per cent at midday, driven higher by financial stocks ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia tomorrow. Analysts ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial market trading activity in October ended as it began - with so much volatility. Investors' consensus interpretation of economic reports, government announcements and central bank decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies ...