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DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors may not have a crystal ball on hand but a new survey found that many of them sold out of property and equities well before the July/August market correction. A joint study of more than 2,100 SMSFs back in May ...

Austock appoints new head

... University of Western Sydney. In his new role, Sheen will be responsible for over $400 million in funds across equity, high yield and fixed interest securities. Michelle Baltazar

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The Australian dollar was marginally weaker at noon after a mid-morning rally on the back of renewed demand for the currency out of Japan. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8394/99, down from yesterday's close of 0.8396/02. During ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference this week, Linden Toll, president of the Australian Direct ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... risks." Peter Ward, director at Standards & Poor's, speaking at a mortgage funds sector briefing, said, "Investors in [high yield mortgage funds] must be informed of the risks of those funds particularly if their assets comprise low doc loans and mezzanine ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

The sub-prime contagion's knock-on effect has so far collided with leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, high yield currencies and global equities. Now local councils are feeling the heat. While consensus has been that the sub-prime fallout would ...

Sub-prime contamination causes market carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... afternoon, their biggest one-day fall in five years and slicing $1.7 billion from the company's value. The two Macquarie high yield investment funds were marketed to smaller retail investors with a total investment value of around 1.3 billion which will ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... Negativity has swept like a virus from the sub-prime sector to leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, equities and high yield currencies. For the last year the US housing downturn seemed largely confined and companies took full advantage of cheap borrowing ...

SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, holding firmly above the 87 US cent mark as demand for high yielding currencies continued to provide support, amid further US dollar weakness. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8706/11 ...