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Water off a Peking duck's back

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... sub-prime exposures of Asian banks are low relative to earnings and capital, their capacity to lend has not been really affected." This means that Asia's banks are generally showing no reluctance to lend to corporates in the current environment. While ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... volatility barely impacted the broader economy: "outside of real estate, reports that the turmoil in financial markets had affected economic activity during the survey period were limited." The Beige Book also noted that tighter lending standards were ...

Advance Asset addresses Boston Co staff departures

... because these staff members were part of a quantitative analysis-driven team, the funds' performance returns won't be affected the way they would be if the funds were based on active stockpicking strategies. In Australia, Advance Asset's international ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... drying up of liquidity. Robert Henderson of NabCapital research noted that investors, unable to differentiate between the affected Banks and those that aren't, are shunning the whole sector. "The result is that Banks are scrambling to make sure they ...

FPA lends farmers a helping hand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... Financial Planning Association (FPA), Corinna Dieters, yesterday announced a pilot project for planners to help drought affected farmers free of charge, potentially the first of many pro bono projects for needy Australians. Dieters announced the launch ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... word-of-mouth and target particular groups within the community. "Several schemes currently under investigation have affected people working in the aged care industry including nurses, carers and kitchen staff, as well as the Pacific Islander and Filipino ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... quarterly production reports. The Australian share market closed lower yesterday, dragged back by the big miners and stocks affected by the high value of the Australian dollar. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52.5 points to 6329.1 ...

INVESCO Asian fund placed on hold

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... analyst, Tara Bell. "We will review the on hold rating once we have had an opportunity to meet with Shum's replacement." The affected funds are the INVESCO Asian Share Fund, the INVESCO Wholesale Asian Share Fund and the INVESCO Wholesale Asian Share ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

... five were rated two-stars. The spate of fund managers leaving big firms and setting up shop or moving elsewhere has also affected S&P's recommendations. "There's been so much turnover with all the fund managers that finding a fund manager with a consistent ...

HLB Mann Judd national strategy remains unchanged

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... and footprint remained largely unchanged. The Bridgeport purchase of the financial planning arm of HLB Mann Judd only affected for the Victoria branch, and the operations of HLB Mann Judd in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and West Australia are unchanged. ...