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Investors review global fixed income

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... years. "There's ongoing questions about AAA countries... but even with the US currently being a stand out 'safe haven' country, they would have to at some point enact some austerity programs to bring debt under control. "Meanwhile the attractiveness ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... closed lower on Friday after the latest US jobs data said hiring remained weak and as Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy was in crisis. Retailers were among the hardest hit stocks after investors bet that a weak job market ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... groups are urging their advisers to look into the sector. Securitor, one of the largest financial planning groups in the country, recently mapped out a growth strategy that takes into account Australia's seismic $400 billion wealth transfer over the ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today as it deliberates on whether or not to shift interest rates - up or down -- in the country. By merely looking at Australia's domestic economic fundamentals, there are arguments both for and against an interest rate ...

Former AllianceBernstein team attracts $275m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... January. AllianceBernstein's review of its New Zealand operations resulted in the fund manager closing its operations in the country in November last year. Andrew Bascand and his team set up Harbour Asset Management with the help of First NZ Capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... that raised the growth forecast and other upbeat US economic data. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her country would push "with all our strength" for a strong euro, saying Germany had been a prime beneficiary of the single European ...

Ipac buys stake in risk firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... offer to corporates and build our brand in the process. Similarly, ipac and its equity partners are spread across the country and this creates an opportunity for AFRM to expand our footprint nationally," he said.

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... the government's severe austerity measures. The announcement of these alone sparked violent and deadly protests in the country. Fingers were pointed. At Spain and Portugal. Both of which announced harsh fiscal policy actions aimed at climbing out of ...

AMP Cap maintains high tenancy rate

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... of 2 per cent, compared to the Australian Property Council of Australia reporting an average of 9.3 per cent across the country," he said. The AMP Capital Wholesale Office fund is an open-ended unlisted trust with $2.4 billion in gross assets.

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... they did when the Deutchemark was still their official currency. This is because, them Deutsche -- more than any other country in western Europe -- know and have experienced the fate that awaited a severely devalued currency. Flashback to 1923. During ...