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Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian listed companies may not start posting solid earnings growth for at least another calendar year, an investment expert predicts. Matthew Drennan, general manager of investments at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said overall, local listed ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... $300 million of April 23, 2010 notes. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for November. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor of financial markets Guy Debelle addresses Westpac Research and Strategy Forum. Westpac and ...

Sandhurst wins RE mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... Responsible Entity for the Adelaide Cash Management Trust and the AMF Yield Fund. Sandhurst Trustees, a subsidiary of Bendigo Bank, assumed the Responsible Entity status for the two funds on 12 November. The previous RE for the Adelaide CMT and AMF Yield ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Just when we thought Dubai's Desert Storm was just a one-off, we're now confronted with the shock and awe at more warnings over sovereign credit ratings. Remember the one? Towards the close of November Dubai World dropped a bombshell by announcing that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... group (Domestic), David Gruen, addresses the Australian Business Economists conference on fiscal stimulus. National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for November. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens addresses an ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... 3.5 per cent, to $5.88. AMP added seven cents to $6.22, Perpetual jumped $1.05, or three per cent, to $35.70 and investment bank Macquarie Group gained 56 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $49.03. The major banks gained, other than National Australia Bank ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is eyeing credit investment opportunities in the US and locally to boost the returns of its debt portfolio. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund is rotating its debt portfolio into opportunistic areas ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Planners looking to hedge clients' portfolios against inflation spikes on the horizon should look towards inflation-linked bonds. QIC research has revealed that an inflation spike could be on the horizon, with QIC advising investors, particularly superannuation ...

BT Financial names new head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... integration. Previously he was the chief executive of Westpac New Zealand. Prior to joining Westpac, Cooper was chair of GE Capital Bank and chief executive of GE Consumer Finance UK & Ireland. His new role takes effect from 1 February next year. Meanwhile ...