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Aircraft fund seeks capital

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... leased to Qantas in mid-2008. Financing for the Qantas transaction included various debt tranches provided by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Investec Bank (Australia) Limited. The China Airline transaction was IGAF's first with the airline, and ...

Aberdeen Financials fund rated 'three star'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... some of those in the US." The fund holds a 13 per cent overweight position in QBE Insurance and minor holdings in Bendigo Bank and AXA, said Daniels. He said the fund would appeal to investors looking for fund with exposure to high dividend yields in ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Flight to safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... concerns about the ongoing problems in the banking industry in response to more billion-dollar losses at Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp. Yet investors were also heartened by plans for both banks to restore themselves to profitability, and they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... overnight showing the sector is not dead and buried, he added. Australia's major lenders were mixed with only Commonwealth Bank in positive territory, up 41 cents or 1.5 per cent at $27.71. ANZ Banking Group lost five cents or 0.34 per cent to $14.52 ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... CDs are purchased from US Treasury Bills, and the new rate follows the short-term rate published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The logic behind this, it said, is to ensure that the fund is "receiving fair compensation for its investment ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... payroll numbers no matter what the stats reveal it seems. Not to mention headlines of job shedding at RIO, ANZ, Macquarie Bank, Qantas, Ford, etc. Last month the financial press latched onto the 15,600 total jobs lost in November to support their negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... market erased early losses after news of a big economic stimulus introduced in Congress and a possible government aid plan for Bank of America. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a gain of 12.82 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 8,212.96 at the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... biggest company, BHP Billiton, sank $1.74, or 5.62 per cent, to $29.20. The banking sector was lower, too. National Australia Bank decreased 76 cents, or 3.68 per cent, to $19.91, Commonwealth Bank dropped 77 cents,or 2.71 per cent, to $27.65, ANZ lost ...

Morgan Stanley and Citi to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... troubles pummeling Wall Street, which has so far prompted mergers and acquisition activities such as Merill Lynch's sale to Bank of America for US$50 billion to survive these turbulent times. The transaction, which has been approved by the boards of ...