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Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... country's major banks and nine non-banks and insurance companies. The move follows concerns over Indonesia's negative real interest rates where rates at 6.5 per cent lag the 7.0 per cent inflation rate. While the normal expectation is for a rate rise ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Facility (EFSF) and allow it to buy bonds directly in the markets. There's also hope that they'd be amenable to reducing interest rate payments for bailed out sovereigns. In Asia, a mole has suddenly popped up in Japan with S&P downgrading its long-term ...

Solaris rated 'highly recommended'

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Solaris Investment Management has received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec for its Core Australian Equity Fund and the High Alpha Australian Equity Fund. This is the second consecutive year the fund's Core strategy has received Lonsec's highest ...

Ponzi scheme operator jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... funds from five individuals to provide bridging finance to other VFBS clients on the promise of between 4 and 5 per cent interest per month on their invested capital. The offences, which occurred between 2004 and 2006, involved Bucello repaying the investors ...

Value Partners top Asia fund tables

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at Premium China Funds Management. Wu said Premium will launch its fixed interest fund in the next six months. This is the latest in a number of awards for the fund manager with its fund managers, George ...

MLC wrap locks into SMSFs and managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... listed shares and other listed securities, such as exchange traded funds (ETFs), listed investment companies (LICs), interest bearing securities and instalment warrants. Also incorporated into the new platform is a greater range of Adviser Service fee ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... The Australian dollar was weaker at noon after lower than expected inflation data appeared to dash the chances of an interest rate rise in the coming months. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 99.36 US cents, down from 99.86 cents on Monday. ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... Shan Life Insurance Company to Taiwanese group Ruen Chen Investment Holdings. AIG agreed to offload its 97.57 per cent interest in Nan Shan to Ruen Chen, a company 80 per cent owned by Taiwanese conglomerate Ruentex Group and 20 per cent by Pou Chen ...

Super contribs to SMSFs down, asset alloc steady

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... per cent to the sector. However, this is still marginally below the levels last year, which was at 40.5 per cent. Fixed interest holdings were maintained, with allocations slowly falling to 11.8 per cent compared with 12.2 per cent in the September quarter. ...