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Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... market [like Perpetual, AXA and Challenger] that are pretty much on par with bank term deposits," said Dugald Higgins, operations manager at PIR. "No doubt we are going to see more of this...a sector-wide freeze in redemptions," he said. The irony is ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... and the need for greater corporate transparency are driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations. More than 475 people attended Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening budgets, reflected the importance ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... capital expense under control and can properly manage their cashflow at a time when lending to fund their growth or operations has dried up. Using FCF metrics, Watt believes there are now many cashflow-rich companies that are practically 'on sale'. Mastercard ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... to transform its life insurance, creating the second largest life insurance business. ING began its life insurance operations in Taiwan in 1987, and purchased Aetna's operations in 2001 and combining the business.

Matrix Planning Solutions restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... the company secretary but will also play a key role in risk management. Atit Rungta continues as executive director, operations and strategic alliances.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... banking and insurance group Suncorp-Metway Ltd says it is assessing whether to sell its banking and wealth management operations. Suncorp shares firmed 27 cents, or 2.91 per cent, to $9.54. On Friday, the Dow fell 128.00, or 1.49 per cent, to 8,451.19 ...

AIG secures extra A$54bn in liquidity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... employees and the American public new standards and approaches". "[AIG is] re-evaluating the costs of all aspects of our operations in light of the new circumstances in which we are all operating," he said.

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... body of the local hedge fund industry surveyed their hedge fund manager members to find the impact of the ban on their operations. Some 27 managers covering 29 hedge funds, representing a combined $24.7 billion in assets under management, responded to ...

CBA buys BankWest and St Andrews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... to further develop the group's business in the fast growing Western Australian market. It complements our existing operations and will deliver additional growth opportunities in key segments as well as enhanced product and service delivery opportunities ...

Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... working capital to these entities. Prompting the move was many corporations beginning to report that day to day business operations were having to be put on hold as routine working credit was withdrawn or wound down. However, the NYT warned that, "Buying ...