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Poor transparency not operations caused sub-prime: Moss

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... in the early 1990s. Moss said this means major financial institutions are not under any strategic threat due to the sub-prime correction. "We haven't in our view got a 1990s situation where the survival of some major financial institutions was indeed ...

Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... private equity in Australia is experiencing a renaissance, while US PE giants like Blackstone are still weathering the sub-prime storm. Private equity's bruises from August's global liquidity squeeze were obvious in the financing difficulties of leveraged ...

Fixed interest still tops cash: Zenith

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... yields" (the income yield of the portfolio divided by the portfolio's total value) have significantly improved post sub-prime, averaging between 8.50 and 10.0 per cent. According to the report, "the yields of these funds are now a more attractive proposition ...

Magellan Global is best-of-breed

... absolute return focused. Reflecting on the fund manager's view that there's a 25 per cent plus risk still exists of the sub-prime mess impacting the markets, the fund held around 35 per cent of its funds in cash as at September 30. Zenith's high rating ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... markets stumbled over a negative sales outlook for Cisco, and this story is a house of cards in itself, with a gust of sub-prime blowing through the window. Sub-prime losses have resulted in US companies squeezing IT spending and orders have fallen from ...

Big boys leaving Australian property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... show people were more interested in overseas property than local. However, he said Australia's weathering of the recent sub-prime crisis, compared to other Asian nations, showed the local market's toughness.

Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
While the sub-prime mortgage monster continues gnawing away at financial stocks, oil is boiling towards $100 a barrel and China is snatching wads of its foreign cash reserves away from the green back. The US financial sector is still suffering a sub-prime-mauling ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... night, with gold touching $US828 per ounce," Mr Wacher said. "People are still fairly cautious about whether the US sub-prime issues are going to filter through and affect the finance sector even more over there, and potentially lead to a recession. ...

Mortgage stress hits record levels

... cost the Australian economy $1.8 billion over the next 12 months. As to how the rising interest rates combined with the sub-prime malaise will affect investors, AMP Capital Investors' head of investment strategy Shane Oliver commented, "While the ride ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... ground lost. "The main driving force is the lack of a disaster overnight: there was no additional news about further sub-prime write-offs and Citigroup managed to stay intact," Mr Morrow said. "Fortescue Metals Group is very strong, a stand out performer ...