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Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... 'Masters of the Universe' when it is not giving me a cent to ease my mortgage debt?' This is simplistic but true. High interest rates and falling property prices have hit both gargantuan financial institutions and ordinary home borrowers alike. Much ...

Japan bank buys $11bn of Morgan Stanley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) bought more than $11 billion in Morgan Stanley equity for a 21 per cent interest in the company, a deal that forms an alliance between the two firms to pursue corporate and investment banking opportunities. The ...

Qantas Super unveils monthly CIR

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The $6.6 billion Qantas Super has introduced monthly credited interest rates to compliment its monthly investment switching schemes. According to the latest Qantas Super newsletter to its members, the corporate fund is now using monthly CIRs to align ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... billion is set for all purchases and allows Congress to veto purchases above the limit. US taxpayers are given ownership interest in companies that take advantage of the bailout package. Profits from the sale of Government-owned assets, if any, will ...

Macq to sell investment lending arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
While St.George's margin lending division will try to ride the tough markets, the credit crunch has taken its toll on one of its key rivals with Macquarie Bank in talks to find a partner for its $3 billion loan book. In an ASX statement, Macquarie said ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... information back that you feel comfortable with when things are being done properly," he said. "My understanding is fixed interest guys are generally sitting in front of their screen, don't leave the room and kick tires, so how do you know where your ...

The Cambridge Strategy appoints currency expert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... worked for HSBC in Hong Kong in various roles including senior proprietary trader, trading Asian, G10 foreign exchange and interest rate markets. She was chief trader for the Non-Deliverable Desk, Asian deliverable forwards desk, market making in THB ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... the funds management and broking industry, there's not enough out there in the market place because there's not enough interest in it," said Coombe. Coombe said the wealth management industry needed a "champion" to push the cause for greater ESG coverage. ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... to 15 per cent, a new 3 per cent allocation to international property ($A hedged), a five per cent cut in Aussie fixed interest, and zero in cash from a previous 10 per cent. The fund also axed its 4 per cent direct property stake and pumped 30 per cent ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... bail-out bill is unconstitutional stem from prohibitions on Congress to bail-out private firms without adequate national interest justification. The fears highlight the inability so far of Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson to adequately explain how ...