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Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... wait for prices of goods and services to come down in the future. No amount of stimulus - monetary or fiscal - provided enough encouragement to make them open their wallets back then. It could happen again this time if - akin to the 1990s -- deflation ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... improvement and signs of stabilisation in economic indicators. The next, they bewail that these same indicators have not improved enough to suggest that an economic recovery is imminent. Take for instance, last night's increase in the ISM manufacturing ...

Ambassador gains $2.5bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... since its inception, the bulk of which it won in the past 12 months. "I'd say we've been partly lucky and partly skillful enough to select managers that have the ability to do well and have gained the approval of the asset consultants, particularly now ...

BlueMountain to post record returns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... losses suffered by many of its peers. "That's not great because obviously, it is still a negative, but it was a benign enough return that we were able to make back all that money." The local arm of Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is the authorised representative ...

Regulator warns on rev mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... these products. One of the big challenges is how to estimate the long term cost of reverse mortgages and ensure there is enough equity left to fund future needs," said Tony D'Aloisio, chair at ASIC. "We're also concerned that people are sometimes encouraged ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... markets dominated by defined benefit plans." Crucially, an intense two quarters of transition activity will be significant enough to move stockmarkets and force fund managers to re-negotiate performance fees. "It's likely that we will see movement in ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... chopping block following the upcoming Cooper review on super - but one fund manager cautions that reviewing fees is not enough, and equal attention should be paid to understanding the incentives behind high fees. Jeremy Cooper, chair of the review and ...

IMF Australia targets Great Southern

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... pick-up other required information from the firm. The funding agreement is subject to the normal multi part condition that enough members want to be involved in the litigation. IMF Australia is the largest litigation funders in the country. The firm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... on fresh evidence of economic recovery that could push the rally further. Data released on Thursday helped but weren't enough to keep the pace of buying strong. Stocks rose to their highest levels in afternoon trading when the Treasury Department said ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... deficit. If not banks would not be foreclosing on sub-prime borrowers. Debt repayment signals that institutions are healthy enough to stand without government crutch. It signals that the financial system is heading towards normalcy. The US$68 billion ...