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Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... investors assumed fixed income portfolios were low risk, low return products yet Western Asset's products showed fixed interest can add significant value. "We're not trying to beat the best performing asset class in any one year. We want to accrue the ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... bullish market conditions," Jones-Prichard said. Jones-Prichard said he expected IPO STRATAS to generate strong investor interest. "Clearly investors at this point in time are hesitant to enter the market given the volatility, but we see this as a great ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... emerging market countries provides upside potential." The uncertainty in world equity markets, unstable currencies and mixed interest rate signals also highlights the breadth of the nervousness encircling the globe right now, they said. "Monetary policy ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... 19,495 contracts. CMC Markets senior dealer James Foulsham said confidence was returning to the local market after the interest rate cut in the US. Last night, the Dow Jones industrial average ended up 207.53 points, or 1.67 per cent, to 12,650.36 while ...

Client service before compliance: Bradley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The financial services industry should stop complaining about the burden of compliance and realign its practices with investor interests or risk further regulation, according to Graham Bradley, chairman of HSBC Bank Australia. "Increased compliance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... speculation by a CNBC reporter came in the last hour of trade, reversing 1.5 per cent gains triggered by an aggressive interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 37.47 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 12,442.83. At ...

Marsupials and the money market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
US-Aust interest rate differentials are now at a four year and almost all time high after this morning's US rate rise, putting even more pressure on central banks around the world to follow suit irrespective of local fundamentals. The US rate drop to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... which together insure more than $US1 trillion in bonds. Wall Street initially rallied after US central bank slashed a key interest rate by a half-percentage point to help keep the world's largest economy from tipping into a recession but then went lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... manager Tony Russell said local stocks were tracking US markets more closely ahead of the US Federal Reserves decision on interest rates. The decision will be known by local investors at 0430 AEDT tomorrow morning. "And we were probably over-sold a bit ...

Alt energy funds ready for 2030

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... 25 per cent per annum, that's significantly better than the ASX 300," Baker said. "While people say this is an area of interest to them and keen to explore what we're doing, now they haven't understood how good it's been in the past."