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Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... for a rescue. Central banks stimulated led by the Fed's reinvestment of "principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in longer-term Treasury securities." So much so that scaredy cats who sold the S&P 500 missed out on a ...

Macquarie Bank launches SMSF property loan

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Macquarie Bank will provide direct exposure to residential investment property assets, with the launch of a self-managed super fund property loan. The Macquarie Bank SMSF Property Loan was developed in response to growing demand for property assets ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

Appeal for property in healthcare and retirement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Investors should carefully evaluate sector and location before making decisions on property, according to one fund manager. While property is increasingly being seen as a way to achieve a mix of income and capital growth in investment portfolios, understanding ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Committee is maintaining its existing policies of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...

Forrester Cohen builds adviser distribution

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... Forrester Cohen is preparing a wider launch of its online property investment marketplace into financial adviser and mortgage professional channels. Finucane will head up the distribution for AFSLs to explain the benefits of independently-sourced investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... bailout plan. WASHINGTON - The US Treasury says it earned $US25 billion ($A23.63 billion) from investments it made in mortgage-backed securities during the height of the financial crisis in 2008-2009. NEW YORK - Apple has announced it will spend part ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... and "is maintaining its existing policies of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction." The ...

YBR continues aggressive expansion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Wealth management company Yellow Brick Road has confirmed an increase of 112% in branch-generated revenue to $3.12 million on the back of signing approximately 35 new branches over the past six months. The market update released to the ASX today posts ...