Suresh Rajan

It is customary at this time of the year to examine the consensus views of where the markets are headed as well as the economic forecasts for the next 12 months.

THE Australian Stock Exchange will become more transparent to foreign investors when the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is applied to itThe GISC consists of 10 economic sectors aggregated from 23 industry groups, 59 industries and 123 s

BNP Paribas Equities has developed a new leading economic index for Australia.

THE BT Funds Management Time Fund was launched just prior to the “Tech Wreck” of April.

THE slow-down in the US economy that had been expected for quite some time appears to be finally here.

DAVID Hale in his capacity as chief global economist for the Zurich Scudder group based out of Chicago has a keen sense of belonging to the Australian sharemarket.

WE spend a lot of our time explaining what the term risk means.Generally advisers use the term standard deviation as the traditional measure of risk.

UP TO recent times Van Eyk, Assirt and Morning Star have dominated the research provider market.These companies have provided investment advisers and financial professionals with the research to assess investment and managed funds.

Weekly commentaryEconomy: The era of fiscal prudence under the Clinton Administration is more than likely coming to an end.The US government has retired US$450b in debt over the past four years.