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Emerging markets a safe bet: Mobius

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Fundamental improvements to emerging markets mean they are no longer the high risk, unstable economies they used to be and ripe for investment, according to Templeton Asset Management's executive chairman Mark Mobius. Mobius said strong GDP growth ...

CommBank gets online upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... review process the Commonwealth Bank's online banking section, NetBank, will be assessed to ensure the section is continually safe and secure. He said the website had an average of 100,000 visitors a day and almost three million visitors every month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer following a mixed performance on Wall Street as the NASDAQ powered ahead but the broader market fell on concerns about economic weakness and the high oil price. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... cash in online saving accounts. "With continued volatility in the markets, DIY investors will increasingly look for more safe havens, and to diversify into high yielding online savings accounts, managed funds and listed property trusts," said Bryan Inch ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... and they have a bit of cash on the books." He said the banks remained strong, with traders assuming these stocks offered safe haven. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 180.54 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 13,308.39 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Super fund members want a safe bet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super fund members do not want to expose their retirement funds to high risk investments with 42 per cent preferring a combination of all risk classes and only 15 per cent preferring a higher risk investment, according to a Quadrant survey. Tasmanian ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... term "debenture" for these type of investments classes may give investors a misleading impression, he said using the words "safe" in prospectuses was not always right. Regulation also needs to be scalable so products can be judged according to substance ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Profits from China's export boom are driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but while the price is right, quality issues go far beyond a toxic toy story. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its ...

SEQUAL toughens 'no negative equity' rules

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
Reverse mortgage lenders group SEQUAL has released an improved code of conduct, tightening conditions on 'no negative equity guarantees' and providing better protection to retirees. The new minimum standards for the mandatory 'no negative equity guarantee' ...

Bear claws and database gremlins

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
Panicked bear-phobic investors and a dodgy database sent our market half way to a crash just before 2pm yesterday in one of its biggest losses in seven years. Not officially a Bear market, yesterday's mauling still managed to erase all of the gains ...