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S&P downgrades CDOs after automotive default

After a comprehensive collateralised debt obligation (CDO) review, S&P has downgraded the ratings of two Hong Kong synthetic CDOs following the default of a US automotive giant, while at the same time upgrading two Australian and New Zealand CDOs and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer, although there could be a retraction following yesterday's surge. Firmer oil prices and precious metals will provide support for the local bourse, although some weakness in the US Dow ...

IFSA/Deloitte launch Future Leaders Award

Wealth management peak body IFSA and accounting giant Deloitte have banded together to launch the inaugural Future Leaders Award, in hopes of discovering fresh talent who will help address the financial services industry's burning issues. In an industry ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer with a solid lead from the US coupling with a recovery in precious metal prices and some bargain hunting after a couple of days of losses. With the earnings season slowing today, with only a handful of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2006
The Australian share market is poised to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street and weaker futures levels. Concern a weaker US productivity report will lead the US Federal Reserve to continue increasing interest rates has dragged down ...

Platypus piggybacks on fund heavyweight Aust Unity

It is a match made in heaven as top-performing fund Platypus Asset Management and fund giant Australian Unity Investments (AUI) form a joint venture that plays on each other's strengths. The joint venture will be named Platypus Asset Management, half ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are big in the US but have barely made a ripple in the local market and fund manager INVESCO wants that to change. INVESCO's UK parent AMVESCAP has just signed a deal to buy PowerShares, the fastest growing ETF provider ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should regain lost territory today following a rally on Wall Street overnight. The local bourse should also find support from resources stocks after a rise in base metal prices. The Australian share market closed sharply ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2006
The Australian market should open lower following sharp declines on Wall Street on Friday. US stocks suffered their biggest loss in nearly three years on Friday, plummeting on disappointing earnings from blue chips Citigroup Inc. and General Electric ...

HFA wins Sunsuper mandate

HFA Asset Management is continuing to reap benefits from its absolute return focus after receiving an additional $40 million institutional mandate from fund giant Sunsuper. The Sunsuper mandate takes HFA's tally over the past three months to over $100 ...