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Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Bridges Financial Services, a financial planning business with nearly $17 billion in funds under advice (FUA), has looked to new products in the market to increase its fund manager line up by more than 10 per cent. A subsidiary of ASX 200 investment ...

Debenture devil in the detail

The high profile failures of debenture issuers such as Westpoint, Fincorp and Bridgecorp have prompted ASIC to release a consultation paper detailing tighter disclosure rules on debenture products. But is more disclosure enough to protect retail investors? ...

Suncorp and Tyndall outline team restructure

The merger of the investment management teams of Suncorp and Tyndall has formed a fund manager ranked the 18th largest in the country, according to Rainmaker, and not surprisingly, the union also heralded major staff changes and fresh appointments. ...

US securitisation provisions cost Mariner Bridge

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Mariner Bridge yesterday announced a full year net profit of $4.1 million, offset by a $10.4 million provision for the company's investments in the US securitisation market. Including a further $5 million provision for 2008, Mariner will have now written ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Fallout from recent high profile collapses among property-based investment groups such as Westpoint, Fincorp, ACR and Bridgecorp, and now with Basis Capital, highlights that investors sometimes don't quite understand the role research plays in helping ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... commodity prices would all have an effect, leading to a possible collapse of the worldwide financial system "suspension bridge." He said that while the current global financial structure was strong enough to withstand weakening US house prices and a ...

FKP ups Sydney property share

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... commercial office tower and an industrial warehouse in Granville. FKP has also purchased part of a commercial building in Bridge Street for $15.5 million. The purchases bring Core Plus' funds under management to over $700 million. FKP's executive general ...

Call for papers

... governance and capital markets. Both Journals seek papers from industry practioners and academics, and in this way they act as a bridge between these significant spheres of influence. Papers can be technical or semi-technical in nature and be as short ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after a big fall on Wall Street and in base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was 63 points lower at 6,312. Today, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute ...

Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... the growing study areas of behavioural finance, a topic increasingly being used by super funds and market strategists to bridge the gap between the quantitative and qualitative aspects of how investors react.