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Media Super moves away from enhanced cash

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... executive of the $2.4 billion industry fund, said the review saw the fund invest $70 million initially into the Macquarie True Index Fund six months ago. However, another review saw Media Super change its mind and the funds are now invested in the CFS ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... points early this month to 6 per cent, and is expected to lower borrowing rates again despite yesterday's high CPI result. In true Keynesian fashion, the Federal Government has dipped into its surplus and is giving spending money to pensioners and first ...

Crisis on Facebook

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... 'Nationalise The Lot', 'No Golden Parachutes for Bailout CEOs' and 'Stop the Housing Bailout'. Competing for the amusing but true websites however were Facebook groups titled 'No payment for Worthless Assets; No compensation for Financial Thieves' and ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
True to script, Wall Street calmed down from the euphoric rally that greeted investors at the start of the trading week. Just as the spectacular one-day rallies of the 1930s (see yesterday's report, "Depression no more?") were followed by more sober ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... returns are made in times like these, so it is not the time to be gun shy." Fiani may be bullish on Australian equities, but true to the firm's name, he stressed the need for proper stock research and shareholder activism to gain long-term growth. "A ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... equity, particularly with the banks. "While the regulator continues to ban short selling, both widespread market liquidity and true price discovery is being undermined. This creates a significant moral hazard for the takeover parties and the government ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... free market. We're facing a choice between action and the real prospect of economic hardship for millions of Americans.' How true! The 228 members of the US House of Representatives who voted 'NAY' to the plan's passage are worried about the amount of ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... funds but you do need to know what those funds are investing in. Make sure you know their screening processes and they're true to label," said Brisbane. "Uranium is an issue in the ethical investment community as some of the fund managers think they ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... back the ban on short selling. The normal market pricing mechanism is impaired with investors uncertain with regards to the true market value of securities. Asset prices continue to fall. The financial sector problem remains but this time the US government ...

Vanguard saves $5m in trading costs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
True to the adage 'timing is everything', index manager Vanguard saved investors over $5 million in reduced transactions costs this year through 'crossing savings'. A 'crossing' or a 'special spread' saving occurs when Vanguard fund uses the cash invested ...