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The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
'Never underestimate the power of optimism.' (Camp Quality) This was perfectly proven by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... unemployment rate would reach 7 per cent to 10 per cent in the near future. But my butt. If the media and financial presses don't stop with these negative spins, we are certainly headed there. Perhaps only then will these negative presentations of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... searched for solid indicators of overall market movement. "It's been up and down, up and down, a bit like a lollipop lady's stop and go sign," Mr Smith said. "But we're positive, at least at the moment. "I'm warming to being on the bullish side of the ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... these delinquencies. Rational greed dictates that even homeowners who could afford to pay their mortgages would deliberately stop paying their mortgages to avail of the 'delinquent' tag and avail of the loan restructuring and more generous terms offered ...

Martin Currie rakes $500m and growing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Scottish fund manager Martin Currie couldn't have picked the worst time to set up an Australian base but that hasn't stopped them from winning $500 million in new mandates thanks to the track record of their global alpha strategy. In the middle of the ...

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Japanese economy may be in recession but that hasn't stopped local investors with assets allocated to astute Japan fund managers from making money, or at least preserving much of their capital, based on latest Rainmaker research. According to Rainmaker ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... the more uncertain the banks' outlook. Taking them away at any price greater than zero may just be the catalyst needed to stop this rot.

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Financial services group IOOF climbs through the ranks of platforms with the largest share of the non-aligned adviser market when it acquired Skandia Australia and Intech, a move that quadruples its slice of the sub-segment and adds more than $8 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... from Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, Oil Search Ltd, Spark Infrastructure Ltd and Dexion Ltd. On Monday, a late recovery failed to stop the Australian share market from closing in the red following weakness among the big miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

ASIC catches short sale bungle

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
ASIC has stopped Sydney-based investment firm, Droga Capital, from short selling for three months after the company's director tried to sell mining shares he did not own. ASIC alleges the firm's sole director Daniel Droga, on behalf of Droga Capital ...