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AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... hedge funds," said Nick Naboro, senior manager, Investment Property Databank. "I can name 17 AREITs with gearing ratios above 50 per cent and that makes them vulnerable to the credit markets," said Jonathon Kriska, property analysts at Paterson Securities. ...

Fin lit survey highlights deficit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... under three quarter of those with low financial literacy scores would not avoid investments that claimed to "return well above market rates with no risk", compared to 87 per cent of those with a high amount of financial literacy that would. In addition ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... billion at the President's request. A limit of US$700 billion is set for all purchases and allows Congress to veto purchases above the limit. US taxpayers are given ownership interest in companies that take advantage of the bailout package. Profits from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market kept its head above water at noon, with banking and consumer staples stocks performing well and the materials sector was weaker. Local trade pulled back a bit after a positive open following news from the US that a $US700 ...

Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... advisers are now increasingly on the hunt for the optimum fixed income strategy to weather the credit bloodbath. The key to above average returns following the events in the US last week, is to practice the mantra of defense. "In general a lot of fixed ...

Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... solicitors to assist other solicitors and their clients with finance, and currently has over 1000 members and a loan portfolio above $6 billion. "Sixty-five per cent of our mortgage-managed product is by new brokers, so we have converted them away from ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... 0.2 per cent in August -- unchanged from the initial estimate - for a year-on-year rate of 3.8 per cent. This is still way above the European Central Bank's (ECB) target of 2 per cent and therefore leaves little scope for an immediate rate cut by the ...

Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... the New Zealand economy in the eye, the RBNZ had no other option but to ease monetary policy despite inflation remaining above its 3 per cent upper limit. After leaving interest rates at a 10-year high of 8.25 per cent, the Bank initiated its first interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... bourses fell as OPEC decided to cut oil production in what was interpreted as an attempt to maintain the price of crude oil above $US100 a barrel. At 0744 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September Share Price Index (SPI) contract was up 12 points ...

AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... valuation period. Besides the added flexibility of the new crediting and switching rates, AUSCOAL's members have also enjoyed above-average customer service from the fund. This month, the $5 billion industry super fund was one of four finalists in the ...