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Walter Scott tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Walter Scott earns the top gong in the latest S&P review on the international equities growth funds sector. S&P Fund Services yesterday released the first ratings in its international equities sector review, issuing 13 fund ratings in the growth peer ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Yesterday, I engaged in ping-pong with three of the fresh thinkers in the investment industry. Email ping-pong, that is. Discussions of Stella (the beer), cognacs and cigars aside, D.R. Beare - not his real name - opened serve with an email bagging ...

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Listed company Trinity has filed a lawsuit against former Labor Party staffer Ross Daley and his company, Veritate, in a bid to recover $1 million paid to Daley "by mistake". On 31 August, the property group received a final report on the forensic investigation ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. This was the big 'non-event' financial markets have been waiting for all week. Yes, markets were correct - the FOMC kept interest rates at near zero and will be there for an "extended period." The September ...

BOBisms

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... equities like him. Now tell me, didn't you just get the feeling that we've all heard this many, many times before this year? Yes! You did! For this is the current theme doing the rounds in investment markets worldwide. But some needed BOB's assurance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was flourishing at noon, with solid gains across the board, in particular the banks and miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 94.2 points, or 2.07 per cent, at 4634.5 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... spending well within their means as the fall in the latest consumer credit report shows. This is good. And what about factories? Yes they continue to run down their inventories. Stock building fell by 1 per cent in July. But it won't be long now till ...

Ban flipping arrangements: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Industry Super Network is calling for the immediate ban of 'flipping' - the transferring of members from a wholesale fund to a more expensive personal super product - citing high fees and increased insurance premiums as key problems of the practice. ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... walking on its own, the word 'cautiously' in the 'cautiously optimistic' is fast disappearing in many an investment advice. Yes Virginia, the world has changed from a year ago. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary when Lehman Brothers became no more. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was stronger at noon, winding down to the end of the week with confidence across most sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.7 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 4592.5 while the broader All Ordinaries rose ...