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Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

... Australian government's two key economic agencies yesterday reiterated their view that the market for mortgage-backed securities would recover, and that there was no case for any form of government-sponsored mortgage funding agency. In his opening remarks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... today, with BHP, Rio and Woodside all up over four per cent after not a bad night from commodity markets," Austock Securities senior client advisor Michael Heffernan said. "The reports that have been coming out by companies over this week have also been ...

US ETF appetite strong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... new ETFs launched in the corresponding period last year. The report also found assets in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities ETFs and commodity ETFs increased 39 per cent and 34 per cent respectively over the first six months of this year.

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... reports. Among them: JP Morgan announced that it has incurred at least US$1.5 billion of losses on mortgage-backed securities since July and this could still increase. It expects financial conditions to remain 'under stress'. UBS reported its fourth ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Traditional absolute return funds often rely on their ability to manage physical securities - but the QIC Global Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... The September share price index futures contract was down 21 points to 4950 on a volume of 8,725 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said there was no definitive lead from anywhere in the market. "It started off a bit ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...

SMSF trustee faces criminal charges

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... failing to maintain the fund in accordance with the sole purpose test. Kassongo, 51, was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with dishonestly failing to ensure the Kassongo Superannuation Fund (KSF) was maintained in accordance ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The federal government welcomed the new edition of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indigenous superannuation booklet, Super and Us Mob. Created in 2006, the free booklet uses real life work examples of indigenous people to ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... investing in global fixed income including in developed and emerging government bonds, corporate bonds, loans, asset backed securities and currencies. The funds will combine relative-value and directional strategies to reduce portfolio risk and volatility. ...