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TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... from the insurance business, Minto said the company's debt and gearing levels remained low and interest cover was at 12 times earnings.

Dark liquidity on UBS tap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... price impact." All orders in UBS PIN follow a price-time priority so orders entered with the best prices and at the earliest times are crossed first. UBS clients will not have to do anything differently in order to access the crossing opportunities within ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... agencies' excuse? Their ratings constitute only a 'point in time' analysis! Deficits are necessary to stabilize economies during times of recession. Large deficits are necessary during deep recessions. Unless spent on unproductive pursuits, these deficits ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... $1.2 billion rise in inflows into oil ETCs in the first four months of this year. Inflows into oil ETCs were more than two times the flows recorded during 2008 with assets under management in the firm's oil ETCs rising to around $1.8 billion by the end ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... now, some would be looking back and kicking themselves for not locking in what could turn out to be one of the opportune times to return to equities.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... to 3776, on a volume of 11,946 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking adviser Daniel Manly said the rebound was a sign of better times ahead. "The perception of the market has probably turned," Mr Manly told AAP. "I don't think we'll visit the lows we had in ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... rely on for their retirement income. Re-focusing to the age pension and boosting it by $32 per week or 11 per cent - three times the inflation rate - is consequently the centre piece of the budget. Indeed the political win for pensioners has been so ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... the Budget Papers? How many fish the pages could wrap and origami it could create. Ahh, the good old days. And why not? Times have been good. It has been almost a generation since 'The Lucky Country' experienced a recession. I still recall back in 1990/91 ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... Kingfisher; and Pay TV operator BSkyB. K2 also invests in security companies Brinks Home Security and Tyco because "in tough times, people are focusing on protecting what they've got," said Griffin, hence the rise of the "fortress home" mentality. Following ...

Kofoed leaves ESSSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... products available to all members, and in developing state of the art online access for all members of our funds. At all times Don has had a clear focus on working to provide optimum retirement outcomes for all our members." The board, executive and ...