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The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Is the current sub-prime calamity really another savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. ...

Fat Prophets enters SMA market

Independent researcher Fat Prophets has launched its own version of a Separately Managed Account (SMA), providing investors access to a professionally managed share portfolio of either Australian shares or mining and resources stocks, or a blend of ...

China's rates up again

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Some call it knee jerk, some call it inevitability, but either way China raised interest rates for the third time since March, by 27bp to 6.84 per cent in an attempt to cool the fastest pace of economic growth in 12 years and combat record inflation. ...

Corp funds still unfazed by choice: Deloitte

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Corporate funds are still unfazed by super choice even though most confess they will soon need to ramp up their services if they are to survive, according to a Deloitte report. Wayne Walker, Deloitte superannuation partner and author of the study, said ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
Global share markets have been plagued by jitters over the sorry state of the US sub-prime mortgage sector and the crisis looks to continue with further losses expected. The worst US housing slump since the 1990's, has seen losses mounting on mortgages ...

DSTi helps dealer groups audit easy

Financial services solutions provider DST International (DSTi) is making it easier for financial companies to track changes made to client records after the group expanded the Database Audit Module of its HiPortfolio/3 product. The feature enables the ...

Govt push for reforms in $221.4b legacy products sector

In a move that could unshackle thousands of investors from obsolete or outdated investment products, the Government has released a consultation paper outlining ways to rationalise 6,000 legacy investment products estimated to be worth $221.4 billion. ...

Listed investment cos fund scoring well

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Centric Wealth subsidiary Specialised Private Capital is trumpeting the performance of its two year old geared fund which targets alpha exclusively through listed investment companies. Over the two years since inception, the Leveraged Investment Companies ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian share market remained in the red at noon on mixed commodity prices and a negative lead from Wall Street. Energy stocks were among the few climbers after the price of crude oil jumped above the US$69.00 mark and gold miners rose on a strong ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The bluechip S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.7 points to 6277.9, while the all ordinaries rose 14.5 points to 6302.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was six points firmer at 6274 on a volume of 12,476 contracts. ...