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Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... towards the second half of the Howard Government and into now Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's first - provided dwindling interest among Australians. And this is mainly, how much taxes would be cut, how much benefits would be increased and what other benefits ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... communication and education initiatives about the ins and outs of Australian RMBS investments as investors show increasing interest in the sector. "We are definitely speaking to people actively, regularly [about these products]... and people are buying ...

Avoiding the black swan

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
In a world where major banks have passed the 'stress test' but not necessarily the smell test, investors should invest in portfolios that make small bets to gain big over the long term, said a fund manager who survived the '87 and '08 crash. Defying ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... put their money in Liongate's hands in the last 12 months. According to Liongate partner Jeff Holland, of particular interest to investors is the Liongate Multi-Strategy Fund - a diversified portfolio of hedge funds that aims to deliver a consistent ...

Instos search for cash alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... rates fall and the $1 million fee eats away at returns. Subash Pillai, executive director and head of cash and fixed interest at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBW AM), said some corporate and government clients are looking at Standard & ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... that according to the opinion polls continues to enjoy honeymoon status. Illustrating the problem for superannuation interest groups, while the Self Managed Super Funds Professionals Association today released a statement asking the government to reconsider ...

Instos hold the ace in direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... the moment... there's certainly cost of funds going up," he said. And with cost of funding going up and little investor interest, the same survey revealed that fifty per cent of managers will change the way they market themselves in the next 12 months ...

Russell's Andrew Lill moves to AMP

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... will head a team of six investment specialists across listed assets and be the primary investment specialist for fixed interest. Lill has 16 years of investment consulting experience and was at Russell Investments for more than six years, where he was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... shares slumped on Thursday as weak demand at a US Treasury auction stoked fears that authorities might not be able to keep interest rates low to fuel an economic recovery. The disappointing bond auction shifted the focus away from the "stress tests" ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... planned to buy another ten per cent stake in rural lender Elders Rural Bank (ERB) for about $33.9 million, lifting its interest to 60 per cent. On Wall Street overnight, stocks were boosted by a better-than-expected survey on US private-sector job losses. ...