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Myer considers a financial services division

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Myer chief executive Bernie Brooks said the group would look at developing a financial services business when the current turnaround at the big retailer has been completed. Brooks told Business Spectator in an interview published yesterday that financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... per cent, to 768.54, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 26.21, or 1.77 per cent, to 1,457.27. Bond prices slipped. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.65 per cent from 2.60 per cent late on Thursday. ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it is releasing freshly minted greenbacks worth US$1.25 trillion to rescue the convulsing economy threatens the return of high inflation when the current global financial crisis is but a painful memory. Inflation ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Last night the US Federal Reserve made Wall Street an offer it could not refuse - 1.25 trillion freshly minted greenbacks. After heading south for most of the trading session, the S&P 500 changed direction and headed for a more than 2 per cent gain ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
With billions of dollars in GFC stimulus money about to pour into infrastructure projects around the world, knowing how to find the best investment opportunities is crucial. Matt Dell, head of retail distribution for global listed infrastructure manager ...

Shenkman Capital now represented Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Capital Partners. Shenkman Capital began in 1985 and is an independently owned investment firm that focuses on managing high yield and bank loan portfolios among leveraged companies. Shenkman said the investment opportunities for credit are because "actual ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... managing director and head of Australia, still remains in his role. Renaud joined Merrill Lynch in 1990, working in high yield finance in New York and corporate finance in London before joining the firm's private equity ranks in 1995. According to Merrill ...

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
It's not often that a highly respected investment guru such as Warren Buffett admits to making a "major mistake"- but last Saturday, he did. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett acknowledged he made a "major mistake of commission" ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Nine out of ten advisers are considering investing 15 per cent of their client portfolios into unlisted property investments this year, following last year's listed property trust (LPT) fallout. A survey of over 1,200 advisers conducted by Trilogy Funds ...

Tyndall share fund wins four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... Ltd. to meet perceived investor demand. The fund aims to provide a tax-effective income stream that exceeds the dividend yield of the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index (grossed-up for franking credits) by 2 per cent per year over rolling five-year periods. ...