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China to lead IPOs again in 2008

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... Developed world market volatility will however put the spotlight on China to see how long it will be before their expected correction notwithstanding the traditional disconnect between an economy's financial and its real output. China's GDP growth after ...

Kingsway Taitz scores two new mandates

... Taitz said they had also secured contracts for next year that would take their AUA up to $1.7 billion. Chris Nicholls Correction: This story originally stated the mandates were both from arkx. The story has been amended to show the mandates were from ...

Poor transparency not operations caused sub-prime: Moss

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... early 1990s. Moss said this means major financial institutions are not under any strategic threat due to the sub-prime correction. "We haven't in our view got a 1990s situation where the survival of some major financial institutions was indeed in threat. ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... China's third quarter GDP result yesterday, which showed 11.5 per cent growth. Global equity markets have entered a correction phase over the past week and, considering the lingering credit market woes, an uncertain US economic outlook, slowing profit ...

Exposure to alternatives raises risks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
In the wake of significant market corrections, Russell Investment Group has warned investors and super funds that a high allocation to alternative illiquid assets can pose additional risks to their portfolio. Geoff Warren, head of capital markets research ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
While investors are becoming more sophisticated, it's still advisers who are leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin ...

Super dodges sub-prime correction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
The up-and-down market since June might have shaved 1.6 per net off 12 month super returns but over the more important three and five year results it's hardly made a dent, reveals SelectingSuper in their latest super fund performance tables for August. ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... 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 by direct banking group RaboPlus and researcher Investment Trends has found ...

Margin loan changes more than marginal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Changes are afoot in margin lending with some product providers adding flexibility to their offering while others are clamping down and clipping their client's wings. "There is a fair bit of change happening in the industry and it seems to be happening ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... riskier stocks to decline in value. "This time it doesn't seem to be happening. Since recovering from the last market correction, mining stocks have bolted to record highs." Using mining stock Fortescue Metals as an example, he said, "Despite the fact ...