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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after Wall Street fell on concern that President-elect Barack Obama will struggle to reverse the slowing economy. At 0833 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... More than 53 per cent of banks tightened lending standards for credit cards. Some 25 percent lowered lending limits for prime borrowers while lower lending limits for non-prime borrowers increased to more than 68 per cent in the third quarter. While ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
GMO's investment sage Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who predicted the sub-prime bust, now says the the equities markets is throwing up valuations not seen in 20 years. Grantham believes that a very weak global economy is not without partially offsetting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Suncorp-Metway Ltd chief executive John Mulcahy will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, speaking on `sub-prime lessons'. Companies hosting annual general meetings include Crane Group Ltd, ConnectEast Group, Novogen Ltd, Buderim Ginger ...

Mortgage funds' phantom lifeline

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... have any impact and won't put dollars on the tables of retirees needing cash to pay tonight's grocery bill. Even worse, the Prime Minister's announcement that mortgage and non-cash funds should become like banks was a slap in the face for the managed ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Now it's the Japanese yen's turn. The current financial crisis that started in the US sub-prime sector and had been strangling the stock and money markets is now morphing into an exchange rate problem. Increased risk aversion and the unwinding of yen ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... found some outstanding practices and individuals," said Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive. "These two advisers are each prime examples of the new-style adviser that is energising our association and industry. Each conducts business with the utmost ...

Crisis on Facebook

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... about the financial crisis. Members also discuss topics such as the link between the 2001 terrorist attacks and the sub-prime crisis, how to short T-bonds and what is going to happen with the UK currency. It's not just a forum to vent, the site also ...

Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... instruments in order to move those members," it said. CPAA pointed out that since the middle of last year, when the sub-prime crisis started to unravel, Chile's retirement funds have already adopted defensive strategies. They invested more in Chile and ...

Deutsche extends MENA services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... Deutsche Bank head of equities for MENA, he will be responsible for the region's equities business across sales trading, prime brokerage and equity trading. Meanwhile, Majdalany has 13 years experience in financial services, spending eight of them at ...