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Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... already priced in." The impact is that these bank loan-type assets are trading at the same prices as much lower rated securities, said Alliston. Alliston said the current mispricing gap is why local asset consultants and pension funds are now following ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... literacy worldwide. This week, minister of superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced an insurance and superannuation resource for high school students. These initiatives ...

RaboPlus adds BTIM funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Share fund, Fixed Interest fund, Focus Australian Share fund, Global Fixed Interest fund, Imputation fund and Property Securities fund were all added to the platform. The addition of BT Investment Management's funds means the platform provides 75 fund ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, last week announced a new financial literacy program designed to help young Australians ...

Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Desmond Blinco of Toowomba has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from providing financial services for 15 months after evidence emerged that he is an undischarged bankrupt. ASIC banned Blinco because of his undischarged ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Group Ltd, QR Sciences Holdings Ltd and Mindax Ltd. The regulator was alerted to the transactions by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Spagnolo faces a maximum penalty for each offence of six months imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,750. ASIC ...

RREEF buys long short real estate stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... Alternative Investments bought a minority stake in US based long short real estate investment advisor, Rosen Real Estate Securities LLC. The deal means RREEF investors gain access to Rosen Real Estate Securities' products while the real estate advisor ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... field." The asset management division of the group also has another infrastructure fund, the UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund which was launched in May last year.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for October and the TD Securities - Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for October are due. On the company front, Ridley Corporation Ltd and Flight Centre Ltd ...

Unilever fund dumps direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... 2007, the fund had also allocated around $4.2 billion to shares and convertible bonds, and $2.2 billion to fixed income securities. Progress had 25, 389 members at the end of 2007.