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Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Sales of Bud (Budweiser) would have picked up during the weekend's 4th of July holiday in the US. Half would have downed the 'Great American Lager' in celebration of the June quarter surge on the Street. The other half - those looking at the week's ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Water...water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. A thousand and one economic data and indicators were released overnight but all we got is more of the same - green shoots. American and European equities closed stronger last night, this time seeing ...

City Pacific still in RE bind

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
BalmainTRILOGY has lodged a notice with ASIC under the Corporations Act requiring the regulator to register Trilogy as the new responsible entity of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund. Before the unitholders meeting last Thursday (June 25), City Pacific ...

NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
The combined entity of NAB/MLC and Aviva's insurance arm will create a life insurance provider with the largest total risk premium inflows and one that claims a 15.5 per cent share of the market - usurping CommInsure's top spot in the category. Figures ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
PAID! Ten big American banks will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The Third Link Growth fund, launched last year by former CFS chief executive Chris Cuffe, only attracted $28 million in funds, well below Cuffe's $150 million target and despite the fund's outperformance. One year on, the fund lost more than 13 per ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The Australian share market inched higher at noon amid news the economy had avoided a technical recession. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 20.4 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 3975.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 23 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was lifted in morning trade by big gains among resources stocks in the wake of higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 68.8 points, or 1.77 per cent, at 3963.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Fund managers in charge of $20 billion of mortgage trusts are rolling over between 50 and 80 per cent of the loans in their portfolios, as they try to maintain a balance between the demand of investors for liquidity and the need to maintain relationships ...