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MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... quarter for financial year 2015, subject to compliance with the Corporations Act. This would provide shareholders with a 4% yield on the offer price of $0.20 cents per share. The company was established in 2004 and creates, operates and administers managed ...

LaSalle divests Sydney Sofitel Wentworth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... international director at LaSalle, said. "LaSalle saw an opportunity to acquire an iconic CBD asset at an attractive income yield and was able to substantially improve its performance through a range of revenue initiatives, expense management, and selective ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... countries by (the three major credit raters) left in the planet and that it offers simply the best - better than all the rest - yield among 'em. But wasn't it not that too long ago that we were reading about down, down, A$ will go down predictions. We ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... unintentionally providing a welcome boost to economic output. According to Eurostat, the inclusion of all illegal activities would yield a growth rate of 2.4% for the European economies. Adding illegal activity would boost Italy's GDP by 1.3% in the ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The NSW government parliamentary caucus has agreed to a sell-off part of its state's electricity poles and wires distribution network, with an expected sale price of $20 billion to be presented to institutional investors. The agreement was reached after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened on a positive note, led by the big banks, after an encouraging lead from the United States. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said US markets had risen on Tuesday following some good economic data, and the optimism ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... And oh, they're now down to October 2013 levels - the time when taper was still speculation. Normally, I would check the yield curve - the difference between yields at the long end and those at the short -- to divine what the bond market is saying. But ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Federal Reserve was looking at an early exit from quantitative easing sparked a 100 basis point spike in the 10-year Treasury yield. While there are a number of approaches available on the market to mitigate against interest rate risk, each is offset ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... asking its members' opinion about "the recent occurrence of the Dow setting new record highs and the 10-year Treasury bond yield falling back below 2.6% at the same time" - offers additional insight. AAII prints a sampling of its members' responses ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street posted modest gains overnight. The March share price index futures contract is 11 points higher at 5,499. In local economic news on Friday, the Housing Industry Assocation releases ...