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Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... investors should appreciate that extremely high proportions of loans to defaulting companies is still recoverable because the company then goes into a capital restructure through Chapter 11 provisions. "This is unlike what often happens in markets like ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... years to LIBOR +3.0 per cent in five years. The government will purchase US$40 billion worth of preferred stocks in the company and the New York Federal Reserve will lend as much as US$52.5 billion to two new limited-liability companies that will buy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for October. The NSW government releases its mini-budget. In company news, Insurance Australia Group Ltd and Computershare Ltd hold annual general meetings. Booz & Company releases its Australian ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... mortgage funds across the industry. Perpetual's group executive income and multi-sector, Richard Brandweiner, said the company was reopening applications to the funds at the request of a number of clients. "Current market conditions are particularly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for September. SEEK reports its Employment Index for October. In company news, Orica Ltd reports annual results. Waratah Coal lists on Australian stock exchange. Seven Network Ltd and Housewares ...

Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... and AMP General Insurance Distribution. Although Blinco represented AMP Financial Planning, ASIC said that neither the company nor AMP General Insurance Distribution were aware of Blinco's bankrupt status. Blinco became bankrupt as a result of a debtors ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... said. However, some SRI funds can invest these stocks if, for example, the uranium makes up less than 10 per cent of that company's revenue or if it is used for generating power and not making weapons, said Steven Sweeney, Lonsec investment analyst. ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... reduced fiscal surplus from A$21.7 billion in the May Budget to A$5.4 billion should be welcomed. Reduced tax revenue - company and personal income, and lesser capital gains from investment losses would hit the surplus. But the bulk of the reduction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... points at 4,222. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for October. On the company front, News Corp releases first quarter results this morning. Companies holdings annual general meetings include Leighton ...

AMP raises $450m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... business flexibility through the ongoing market turbulence," the group said in a statement earlier today. Initially, the company said it would raise at least $400 million but it exceeded its own expectations when it raised $50 million more than planned. ...