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Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
Yale Endowment wannabes trying to emulate their heroes with high exposures to timber products pushed up prices to 30 times pre-tax cash flow, setting them up for big falls in 2009. The frenzy, reported by Barron's, a newsletter published by the Wall ...

Faster than the speed of fright

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Sybase Australia has unveiled a new analytic appliance that can process data queries up to 100 times faster than existing databases, allowing traders and quant analysts to retrieve and analyse market information faster and cheaper than ever before. ...

Passport to profit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... particularly those linked to asset fees, have been... dramatically impacted by the market as it appears today. "And in these times, small businesses can make decisions that are not necessarily in the best interests of their businesses in the longer term," ...

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... thank all of [the advisors] in the financial services industry for the ongoing advise you've given in these very difficult times, the importance of reinforcing that message of a long term rate of return," said Senator Sherry.

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... and Robert Nardelli (Chrysler Chairman & CEO) to the companies they head will now be put to the test. In these desperate times for their enterprises, they who benefited the most when times were good should be the first to dig into their pockets. Richard ...

Clients come first: FPA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... focus on going in the next year and beyond, because of a range of issues including the need to engage clients in difficult times... and the fact that if you're earning an ongoing income stream, your client expects you to provide a service." Bloch also ...

First Quadrant taps global macro trends to gain 12pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... who mandate First Quadrant to manage US$14 billion currency strategies benefited from the group delivering as much as four times their currency performance targets following the raft of interest rate policy changes in recent months. "In the global macro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... data for the September quarter. The Australian Industry Group/American Express survey on Managing Cash Flow in Troubled Times report comes out today. James Hardie Industries NV announces its second quarter results, OneSteel Ltd holds its annual general ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...

HNW shell shocked about nest eggs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
A Fujitsu survey found high net wealth Australians are seven times more concerned now about their retirement savings than they were a few months ago as equity markets continue to crack their nest eggs. Martin North, Fujitsu managing director of consulting ...