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Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... bank guarantee last October, forcing many mortgage funds to freeze 'unlimited' redemptions because of the unsustainable spike in redemption requests. The change to a monthly redemption, initially at a maximum of 1 per cent of units held (but could increase ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... just 0.785 per cent overnight, 4 basis points below last Friday's close and 403 basis points down from the 10 October 2008 spike of 4.82 per cent when it first dawned on one and sundry that the world is collapsing into a global recession. Why is the ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
'Never underestimate the power of optimism.' (Camp Quality) This was perfectly proven by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... fund managers are introducing capital protection to their products, with one of the early providers enjoying a 50 per cent spike in new applications month-on-month. One good example is AXA's North capital protection product - which saw tremendous applications ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... said that in contrast to the doom-and-gloom stories about planning groups struggling in the current climate, Paragem saw a spike in business activity in the two months to January, when they lodged more than 20 new AFSL applications. "This implies these ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... month -- the biggest jump since August 2000. Retail spending increased across the board in December led by a 9.9 per cent spike in sales of household goods and an 8.3 per cent jump in department store sales. Sales of clothing and other soft goods increased ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... the GST was first introduced in July 2000. Retail spending increased across the board in December led by a 9.9 per cent spike in sales of household goods and an 8.3 per cent jump in department store sales. Sales of clothing and other soft goods increased ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research. Trading cost data and analysis provider ITG released ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... jobless rate jumped the most in Western Australia. Unemployment there SURGED to 3 per cent from 2.3 per cent. Give me a spike in unemployment to 3 per cent anytime. So how do these beautiful set of numbers reconcile with recent headlines printing about ...