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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open in the red for a second day running, following another poor performance on Wall Street, oil prices climbed and base metals were softer. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
The Australian dollar opened at its strongest level since 1984 today to start the week well above 90 US cents as an optimistic outlook for the global economy fuelled demand for high interest rate currencies. The Australian dollar then reached a new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from overnight trading overseas, buoyed by oil, gold and other precious metals which surged, but weighed by a weak lead from Wall Street securities. At 0830 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

INGIM appoints deputy chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
ING Investment Management (ING IM) has appointed Martin Donnelly to deputy chief executive and head of sales. Donnelly will start at the end of October and will be directly involved with sales and client relationship activities in ING IM's institutional ...

AFS kicks off new education program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) will conduct its first business school program this month, with the initial two-day program kicking off in Melbourne on October 25. AFS chief executive Peter Daly said the school will explore and challenge current ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
New research from nabCapital suggests currency hedging, more than investment strategy selection, is the key to generating high returns in international equities. Donald Hellyer, managing director and head of insurance and fund manager relations at nabCapital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open strongly today after US stocks leapt to fresh record highs on Tuesday as newly released Federal Reserve minutes raised expectations of further interest rate cuts. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Private equity dodges credit knockout

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
While August's credit crunch knocked the stuffing out of private equity, a knockout punch it was not, and the sector has bounced off the ropes back onto its feet to "float like a butterfly". Private equity's (PE) bruises from the global liquidity squeeze ...

Investors eye emerging markets infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Credit Suisse is tapping into the growing demand for global alternative assets when it launched a product that will give Australian investors faster and cheaper access to the $1.12 trillion emerging markets infrastructure sector. Subject to regulatory ...