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Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008

... stockmarket prices into even greater increases in the future, now they project even deeper slumps. The bull market ended, the bubble burst. And so will this financial panic. A turning point will be reached. Given the massive dumping that has occurred ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008

... first-time buyers with shaky financing and incomes" that might have inadvertently lead to the NINJA-loan induced housing-credit bubble that has now exploded. Actor Russell Crowe yesterday said the easiest way to solve the crisis would be for the US government ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008

... out of the hat and, two, three, five years later -- just like the 1987 crash, the Asian financial crisis and the dotcom bubble -- investors would look back and see this as a good buying opportunity.

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008

... per cent in the 2000s. US authorities responded to the savings and loan crisis, Long Term Capital Management, the dotcom bubble with very easy monetary policy and/or fiscal largesse. This prevented the complete unwinding of excess debt in the system. ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008

'This is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type of event.' (Alan Greenspan). Are we headed for a repeat of the global depression of the 1930s? This might sound too alarmist but indeed, quite a possibility as one giant US financial ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... time. For example, although the correlation between US and Australia remained positive, it has diminished during the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with US stocks significantly outperforming the domestic market during this period. The ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008

... it became easy for parties on both sides to accept the status quo - and the incremental investment returns. Now that the bubble has burst, institutions are returning to the practical steps that should be part of basic due diligence." On the upside, a ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008

... sector]?" D'Amato drew parallels between the mining revolution with the IT growth a decade ago, and said that a similar bubble burst could occur in the materials space. Despite the doom and gloom, D'Amato acknowledges that the sector still poses good ...

LPTs in bargain bin

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008

... the property assets. "The sort of value we're seeing in the LPT sector has not been seen since 1988, 1989 when the tech bubble occurred. LPTs were then classified as old economy and got into a very big discounted value - much like where we are today," ...

Man fund boosts alpha through bonds

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008

... Australia head of institutional business, Urs Alder. "Bonds were very much out of favour [in Australia]. But when the credit bubble burst and the current market turbulence hit, we thought that it would be strategic to launch a defensive asset via portable ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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