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Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... others wanted to redeem their money and that put pressure on managers to juggle competing interests. "They offer limited liquidity to people to redeem when liquidity is available," he said. "But they are also trying to maintain performance." The sector ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... selling ahead of QE2's end, Fed policy remains and will be kept on the "very easy" side for who knows when, ensuring that liquidity remains plentiful. The Fed said so themselves and from their April FOMC meeting minutes they told us that they are prepared ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... along, that there's no dragging the Fed away from the printing press - if conditions worsens. What about the excess liquidity in the system provoking inflation to rear its ugly head? According to the April FOMC minutes, the Fed still believes that the ...

AUI to draw planners with new property ratings

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... articulated its investment strategy, focusing on reducing gearing, improving portfolio diversification, and reintroducing liquidity for investors for the first time since 2009. "We continue to have a high opinion of AUI's collective direct property team," ...

IMCA: International expert to speak on the development of debt markets in emerging global economies.

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... why the time is now to invest in emerging markets debt securities and why they carry the unexpected promise of high liquidity and low risk. Dr Tom Higgins is the Global Macro Strategist for Standish in Boston. He is responsible for developing views on ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... reduce our private equity exposure." Pearce said that was because performance was underwhelming, fees were high and liquidity was low across the asset class. "I think there are better opportunities to invest," he said. Pearce said UniSuper would look ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... issuers would be required to create rolling 12-month cash flow projections. Other proposals include specifying the NTA liquidity requirements for issuers, introducing a reporting framework concerning the level of NTA held by issuers and a staged implementation ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... time. "In the report we found German investors were creating an impossible situation, buying into an asset and expecting liquidity...as soon as the market deteriorates and more investors want to withdraw their funds, the fund simply has to close." Patterson ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... has jumped from US$11,745 per contract to US$18,900. It'll rise further to US$21,600 come May 9. That's an 84 per cent liquidity drain just there and then. The dearer downpayment will naturally reduce the number of investors/speculators wanting to trade ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Frontier BMI country indices for the relevant countries and must meet minimum market capitalisation, float-adjustment, and liquidity requirements to be considered for inclusion in the index." The CIVETS 60 index employs a modified market capitalization-weighting ...