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The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... are reduced. The unemployment rises. Consumer spending contracts. Homeowners who lost their jobs are forced to sell their houses. People still with jobs defer buying houses, those without simply could not afford to any longer. House sales drop further. ...

Fidelity appoints new business head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... be responsible for building the business infrastructure to support the growth strategy, securing ratings with research houses, managing dealer group relationships, helping develop the company's local product range and developing platform shelf space ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... will report to BGIA head of distribution, Will Britten and foster relationships with key consulting firms and research houses. Britten said the firm's presence in the institutional market continued to grow and already included relationships with major ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... trading discount occurring in the listed Unit price relative to the net asset value per unit," claims Aurora. Research houses Zenith Investment Partners and Aegis Equities Research Pty Ltd have both given the trust a "recommended" rating.

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... the Rudd government will make in its first term. It's bigger than the GST. It's why we need this to be supported by both Houses of Parliament."

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... housing market settle going forward as this should bring the stock on unsold properties down. However, the inventory of houses remain high indicating that equilibrium will not be reached in the near term, particularly given weak sales increasing job ...

Shaw grows business in shaky times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Shaw managing director Harold Shapiro said the bear market has opened doors for key staff hire from international finance houses - opportunities that didn't exist over the past four years. "Our conservative growth and stability, combined with the fact ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... traders, with most having an interest in derivatives trading. However the conservative nature of the nation's brokerage houses and tight regulation have curbed growth of the sector. Others who have suffered losses as a result of trading derivatives have ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... month. Tighter US lending standards, rising mortgage rates, a weakening labour market and an increasing volume of unsold houses points to further falls in the US property market. Turning to Europe, tight lending standards, rising inflation and slower ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight The US housing market remains in a freefall. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts increased to 1066K in June, a month-on-month rise of 9.1 percent. This was better than market expectations for a 1.8 percent ...