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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... financial shares on news of the latest injection of funds into a major global bank. Expectations of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut this week also added to the positive mood. At 0812 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Suncorp expands fixed interest team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... (UTS), Kazokov developed trading algorithms to enhance and improve portfolio management. Peter Scobie, head of fixed interest at Suncorp/Tyndall, said the merger had created more opportunities in fixed interest. He said both appointments would allow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... slipped 2.87, or 0.11 per cent, to 2,706.16. LONDON - UK stocks held onto earlier gains as banks felt the benefit of an interest rate cut, miners rose thanks to consolidation talk and US jobs data gave an additional lift. The FTSE 100 index was up 69.3 ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... remain cost effective and efficient. "Pension organisations will achieve the best outcome if they have an alignment of interest within their organisation, high level governance oversight mechanisms, high capability implementation mechanisms and scale," ...

BTIM raises $247m

The partial float of BT Investment Management (BTIM) has raised $247 million based on a final price of $4.80 per share. Of the proceeds, $3.5 million will be used to pay certain offer costs and $13.75 million will be used to fund equity grants to new ...

Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... have come out so strongly to defend Wall Street in the wake of the sub-prime fiasco with those incredibly aggressive interest rate cuts and now the loan restructuring packages for sub-prime borrowers. Indeed, the perception of this US government protectionism ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... companies and other housing-related companies soared after President George W. Bush unveiled a plan that would freeze interest-rate increases on adjustable-rate subprime mortgages for five years. The Dow Jones U.S. home construction index advanced 11.9 ...

The secret to MTAA's success

... Essentially, it follows the fund's philosophy of not overly relying on the listed market assets, such as shares and fixed interest markets, to produce its superior investment performance. Rather, there is a significant allocation to less volatile, non-market ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... and US domestic and offshore funds. Asset management company, Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), has a majority equity interest in First Quadrant and aims to achieve internal growth and growth through its affiliates.