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Living in a volatile world: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... what's raised it to such high levels is how it's coinciding with inflationary expectations due to the shock drop in US interest rates. "You could not have asked for a better market for a volatility fund. There is a lot of uncertainty, especially in currency ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... hitting 6515.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed almost flat, as hopes that the Federal Reserve would once again slash interest rates counteracted two profit warnings from retailers. The warnings came from home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc and ...

Aust Unity FP in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... funds under management increasing 60 per cent to $5.7 billion. "This report highlights the success we've had in fixed interest, direct property and mortgages."

Australia versus economic escargot

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... head of a state that is in a position of bankruptcy. This can't go on." In stark contrast, despite progressive rises in interest rates since 2001 and fast growth in mortgage credit, the RBA's Financial Stability Review claims Australian households and ...

CBA counting on NAB and Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... while retail broking represented $126 million of the value. The firm valued the ordinary shares in IWL on a controlling interest basis (after payment of the final dividend) at between $5.98 to $6.71 per share. Commonwealth Bank has agreed to pay $6.45 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... Australian market this morning, which had been steered by gains in the US markets on Friday following the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. "Quite a number of stocks are going ex-dividend today, which I thought would have restrained affairs," Mr James ...

Portfolios not adjusted for downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... respondents expected Eurozone growth to slow and no-one expected double-digit profits next year. Investors also cut credit or interest-rate sensitive sector holdings such as banks, autos and construction. Surprisingly, 27 per cent still remain overweight ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... September 2006. The statements all recommended clients rollover their superannuation to a fund in which AFS had a financial interest. ASIC said Parker also did so without determining and making inquiries about each client's personal circumstances or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... sharemarket is expected to open higher today after substantial Wall Street gains on Friday in the wake of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. At 0802 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was up 28 points to 6450. Today ...

NASDAQ casts net in the Middle East

... largest stock exchange. Consolidation in the bourse sector continues with NASDAQ and Bourse Dubai set to swap shares and interest in each other's businesses. The proposals include Borse Dubai becoming a 19.99 per cent shareholder in NASDAQ (with a maximum ...