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Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Heads, you lose US$1 trillion. Tails, you lose US$700 billion. This is the stark choice that stares the US Congress in the face after seeing the market pandemonium that followed their rejection of the Treasury/Federal Reserve's bail-out package. Relative ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Becoming a responsible investment financial adviser doesn't require significant changes to the business and shouldn't adversely affect client portfolios, according to Michelle Brisbane, Ethical Investment Services representative. Brisbane said existing ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Financial markets' attention remains centred on what the US government's 'mother of all bailouts' will eventually turn out to be and more important, how much it will cost. Just as the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) predicted, equity markets ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... amount of taxpayers' money that is required to salvage the financial system, but at the same time individual members have no choice but to vote 'aye' to the proposal, lest they go down in history as the one who killed the capitalist society. As the Financial ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... position," said Willis. "We will continue providing strong competition in the Australian banking market and providing real choice for Australian consumers and businesses," he said. An article from The Sheet yesterday noted the takeover of HBOS would ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Florian Fenner, UFG Asset Management managing partner, said the strategic relationship will provides its clients with a wider choice of investment products. In addition, both firms are looking to buy a minority stake in UFG Advisors, a hedge fund management ...

AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... that have shifted from monthly to weekly crediting rates and, in a parallel move, the fund will also update investment choice switches from monthly to weekly. As of the latest financial year, investment earnings, which may be positive or negative, will ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... issuers," said Simon Ibbetson, Grove's managing director. The new service comes at a time when investors are spoilt for choice on cash type products. "Over the past six to twelve months, we have seen a change in what customers expect from their investments...there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... coping well given the negative lead from overseas. "The resources are following the bigger markets. They don't have much choice there, but at least we are holding on, down just two points," Mr Smith said. "Our market is solid and we are digesting the ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... private person you may not like [having to reduce your carbon footprint] but from an investors perspective you have no choice but to adjust because you will under-perform funds that do make these adjustments," said Jens Peers, head of eco funds at KBC-Liontamer. ...