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Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... like a permanently high plateau." Mr. Fischer pronounced these words on 21 October 1929. A week and a day later -- on 29 October - the stock market crash in what is going to be known in history as the Great Crash of 1929 and a precursor to the Great ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
The termination of the government guarantee on wholesale funding next month gives a strong signal that - as far as the Australian government is concerned - the financial crisis is over. But the move could pose new problems for financial services providers ...

RARE eyes Indian and Mexican assets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
RARE Infrastructure, which doubled its FUM from $834 million to $1.53 billion in 12 months, is buying up more assets in India and Mexico within its emerging markets portfolio. Sarah Shaw, senior investment analyst and portfolio manager - emerging markets ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Gold's spectacular run in 2009 appears to have run out of puff this early in the New Year. The yellow metal produced a hefty 27.1 per cent return last year as prices jumped from US$862.20 per ounce in January 2009 to a high of US$1,212.00 an ounce on ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
David Bassanese's exchange traded fund (ETF) research found emerging market stocks are starting to get expensive but it remains bullish on local equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

Finance jobs to shine in 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Salaries are expected to rise, and bonuses are on the cards for financial services professionals in Sydney this year, according to latest figures from Morgan McKinley. According to the Morgan McKinley 2010 Salary Survey, over 40 per cent of financial ...

Celeste FM 'better placed': Villante

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Frank Villante, chief investment officer at Celeste Funds Management, formerly Souls Funds Management, said the business is better placed than it was prior to Treasury Group buying a stake in the business in November last year. This comes after Villante ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian shares are likely to open lower after global equity markets and commodities slumped overnight on concerns that the economic recovery will take longer than hoped to take hold. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...