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RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand bond market has moved in lockstep with its neighbour across the Tasman as it always had historically. There are numerous debates on why this should or should not be so. But whatever the underlying reasons behind this strong positive ...

Austock closes high yield fund

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Austock Asset Management has been forced to close the High Yield fund after a flurry of redemption requests from investors. The firm told Standard & Poor's it was closing the fund after a recent rise in redemption requests had increased the fund's exposure ...

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 ...

Perennial launches fixed int fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... clients seeking a fixed interest strategy that made tactical allocations between cash, long term fixed interest and high yield securities. "Taking into account the outlook for the Australian and global economy, interest rates and the fundamentals of ...

RaboPlus adds index funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... till the end of July. The firm's platform now includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index fund; Australian Shares High Yield fund; Australian Fixed Interest Index fund and Australian Property Securities Index fund. Raboplus also cut the brokerage on ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Not as good as it got before. Wall Street ended last week's activity with a performance you wouldn't write home to your mother about. So did equity markets in Europe. But Asian markets were strong. Is decoupling back? Looking at last week's stock market ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to rise on Wednesday after commodity prices, including gold, oil and copper, gained in New York overnight. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 24 points higher at 3,968. ...

Merger creates 18,500 adviser force

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... strong presence in the high-net-worth client segment, according to a combined press statement. The combined entity will also yield approximately US$14 billion in pro forma net revenues. The new entity in Australia will have 161 advisers - who come to ...

QIC searches for fixed interest experts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The $65 billion QIC is looking to boost its fixed interest team and is on the hunt for an analyst and global fixed interest macro strategist. QIC is looking to hire a strategist that will contribute to the research and analysis of the fund manager's ...