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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... market slid to a five-year low, but the Reserve Bank's expression of confidence in the Australian economy by keeping interest rates on hold helped the bourse recover from a poorer start. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 30.9 points, or 0.95 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was around 1.5 per cent lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision, after diversified financials and transport stocks helped the market claw back some lost ground. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Shenkman Capital now represented Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Riding the wave of interest in credit investment opportunities, US credit research specialist Shenkman Capital Management now has representation in Australia. "Credit is clearly a focus for many investors at this time, there is an expectation that credit ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... or operational leverage in a portfolio," he said. Meanwhile, Vanguard took the gong for Fund Manager of the Year Fixed Interest, bagging the honours in the category that stole the limelight following the credit crisis. "One of the real lessons from the ...

WHK sells NEXT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... intention to reduce gearing to roughly 30 per cent by June this year. "The directors have decided to sell the company's interest in NEXT in order to continue to further strengthen core business operations," a company statement said. "WHK will continue ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... announced plans to increase their Australian workforce by 7,000 and 2,600 respectively. In addition, thanks to lowered interest rates and the Federal Government's grants, property is coming back to life with auction volumes reportedly picking up over ...

Plan B buys Strategic

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... boutique advisory firm, Strategic Financial Management. Plan B's acquisition of Strategic will see it control a 62 per cent interest in the Melbourne-based company, which has $354 million in funds under advice and an average client portfolio value of ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... for service basis rather than paying ongoing commissions, said ISN. "There are many vocal critics of the conflicts of interest inherent in the antiquated commission system. "This research reveals for the first time that fee for service advice is more ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... commercial investments, and within that there is also a heavy slant towards healthcare property. Despite the surge of interest in the sector, Christie acknowledges that there are certain hurdles advisers have to cross before they can invest in unlisted ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... timeframe," he said. "We already had an exposure to Credit Suisse through there Syndicated Loan fund as part of our fixed interest mandate, we wanted to enhance that by investing directly rather than be an add on to the existing mandate." REST invested ...