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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... benchmark rate to 6.5 per cent. Other economic data out today includes the SAI Global/ACCI quarterly survey of investor confidence, the Seek employment index data for September and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance ...

ASIC suspends WA AFSL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... Finance which are owed roughly $1.2 million. An ASIC delegate suspended the businesses licence after it deemed investor confidence could not be maintained if the entity is allowed to provide advice while experiencing financial difficulties in its own ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... scale.' In Europe the news is much better as easing commodity prices and the lower euro helped lift German investor confidence from a record low of -63.9 in July to -55.5 in August. Closer to home, the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged at 0.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... results and Just Group releases sales figures. The Australian share market was boosted by banks yesterday after investor confidence returned following a rally overnight on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 89.2 points, or 1.84 per cent ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled out this year's reporting season as the most crucial one in the last ...