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Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
To grab a larger slice of the mortgage manager pie, Firstfolio Limited continues the growth by acquisition strategy, taking on six businesses during financial year 2008. Firstfolio grew its lending book by a third, to $8 billion for the period, with ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... managers index (PMI) rose to 48.2 in August from 48.0 in July. The index has been below the 50 expansion/contraction mark for two consecutive months. In the UK, consumer confidence was unchanged at 52 in August - the lowest level since 2004. High inflation ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the Rudd Government's completion of a Free Trade Agreement with Chile, a destination previously only accessible by US companies. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the agreement ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Macquarie Research Equities launched Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure and Development Index (MEMIDI) could become an industry benchmark for monitoring the performance of emerging market infrastructure companies. The index, which is calculated ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Mortgages and superannuation funds meet at a crossroads in a new market venture that will give self-managed super funds (SMSF) members the chance to invest in property through their mortgage loans. ASX listed Firstfolio has partnered with specialist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... nearly seven years on the strength of technology stocks like Google Inc. The web search engine's shares topped the $700 mark for the first time after reports it may soon break into the phone market. Stocks initially declined, then rose after the Fed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... Street on hopes that the fallout from the US subprime lending sector had bottomed. The Hang Seng Index cleared the 28,000-mark for the first time to end up 1,057.28 points at 28,199.75. WELLINGTON - Telecom returned to its traditional dominance on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... move was on the cards. The Hang Seng Index closed up 634.86 points to 27,065.15, having earlier moved past the 27,000 mark for the first time to make a sixth-straight life high. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares ended flat, with little news to provide ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

Who is managing your money? According to a new report, more than a third of household names in Australian equities fund management lost a key portfolio manager or analyst in the last seven months, changing the balance of power and muscle in the local ...

BlackRock scoops record $1.1bn quant mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
BlackRock has won a $1.1 billion Australian equities mandate from Mercer Global Investments. It is the largest quantitative mandate Blackrock has received and is worth a third of their existing $3.5 billion in assets under management. Ken Liow, head ...