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TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... generate long term wealth through that period. "There are large amounts of cash being held at present and once investor confidence start to return, I would envisage that very large amounts of cash would flow back into the markets," he said. "The [superannuation] ...

Sun Hung Kai targets distressed financial firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... at investments in the distressed financial sector after the markets stabilised at the end of last year and investor confidence is showing signs of growing. "The vast majority of these capital injections to date have been too early, particularly with ...

Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
A monthly index that measures investor confidence in key sharemarkets rose for the first time in six months, with US institutional investors the most bullish about the performance of equities. The findings came from the State Street Investor Confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... an increasingly grim take on the global economy and a record fall in Japanese machinery orders that dented investor confidence. The benchmark Nikkei closed down 415.14 points, or 4.92 per cent, at 8,023.31. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index was ...

No fee rises until 2011: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... executive of Hostplus, said the decision was unanimously approved by the Hostplus Board in an effort to boost investor confidence in their long-term investments. "The softening of share markets domestically and internationally over the past six months ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... freeze redemptions. The federal government's bank deposit guarantee scheme will go a long way in restoring investor confidence in banks but it also has far-reaching, and in this case, negative implications to other parts of the wealth management industry. ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House of Congress' Budget Committee also inspired investor confidence. In his testimony, Bernanke stressed that the various measures and rescue packages taken to date will restore the credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... decades. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 4.4 per cent lower on Friday, tumbling in late trade as investor confidence drained from the market on worries over the global economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished 676.31 points down at 14,554.21. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... best two-day gain since 1975, adding $42 billion to the value of stocks listed in the All Ordinaries index. Investor confidence was buoyed by the biggest percentage gain on Wall Street overnight since the Great Depression and news of the federal government's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... Man Financial broker Anthony Anderson said the federal government's guarantee of bank deposits had boosted investor confidence. "There is more confidence today and that is helping hold up the market," Mr Anderson said. "The banks and in particular CBA ...