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Austock hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... and maintain a strong cash position. This follows after the group's asset management division was forced to close the High Yield fund following a rise in redemption requests from investors. The fund was later sold.

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Wednesday, after Wall Street stemmed heavy losses to close flat on the day. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 65 points at 4,339 points ...

Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... 2009. Broader US indices outpaced the Dow's 3.9 per cent rise. Gains in several European markets topped 9 per cent. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.55 per cent from 3.43 per cent late on Friday. ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... support these taxation restructures, these changes must be prospective, and taxation rates should vary depending on the profit yield of specific commodities. "Assuming an equitable base and rate has been agreed by all stakeholders, any new royalty regime ...

Challenger buys Credit Suisse funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Investment Global Income Fund, Select Investment Syndicated Loan Fund, Global Income Fund, Syndicated Loan Fund and High Yield Fund. "This new boutique partnership will allow us to focus on executing our investment strategies while benefiting from Challenger's ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... That's a risk-free return of 1.5 per cent right there! Multiply 1.5 by millions of dollars and... voila! The miracle of the yield curve at work. Now decide, be spooked by the Greece or kick yourself later.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian dollar was lower at noon after a downgrade in the credit ratings of Greece and Portugal prompted investors to offload higher-yielding assets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9191/93, down 0.62 per cent from Tuesday's ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...