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Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... lower price to earnings," said Fiani. "Investors are understandably gun shy, but the best equity market returns are made in times like these, so it is not the time to be gun shy." Fiani may be bullish on Australian equities, but true to the firm's name ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... made available through financial planners and directly through the company. "Overall in a market that has had some volatile times, we're trying to reduce volatility by bringing property back to where it's always been which is traditionally income bearing ...

Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... commercial paper issued by corporations and municipal authorities. Quoting the US Federal Reserve statement, the New York Times reported that, "This facility should encourage investors to once again engage in term lending in the commercial paper market. ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... funds. Investors withdrew almost A$25 billion from US equity mutual funds and A$30 billion from bond funds in September, 12 times the amount withdrawn in August, according to reports in the Washington Post. Political and economic tensions over the bail-out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... operational chief executive Brian Hartzer addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "Leading Through the Tough Times". In Perth, The Institute of Public Affairs hosts the 2008 Harold Clough Lecture, with Professor Aynsley Kellow speaking ...

Zurich fund awarded S&P 'five stars'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... variety of financial instruments aimed at protecting the funds downside risk," he said. "In what is certain to be testing times for managers that want to execute hedging strategies the Equity Income Fund's skill in derivative markets should see it able ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions on Wall Street as inadequate, reported the New York Times. The failure of the bill, however, has no impact on the funding arrangement already put in place for AIG, parent company ...

Macq to sell investment lending arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... of time with our existing intermediaries and clients to educate them and work with them on what they can do in turbulent times." Curry acknowledged the current market conditions has forced all lenders to assess their position but said he is surprised ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... be time consuming and leaves a lot of room for error when certain transactions are entered into various IT systems many times along the value chain. The proposed electronic platform will sidestep these issues, increase processing times and reduce risks ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... to the problem." Citing a McKinsey report, MacDonald said pension funds, mutuals and the insurance sector combined is six times larger than the so-called "powerbrokers", which includes sovereign wealth funds and petrol-rich companies, representing more ...