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Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... Properties Group has been given until December 15 to refinance its debts. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an extension to its financing arrangements until 15 ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... received four star ratings and the other two achieved three star ratings. The Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities and the UBS Global Infrastructure Fund, which had previously been rated, received downgrades from four to three stars and ...

ASIC divides to conquer

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will split its single enforcement directorate division into six and four of its 'silo' directorates into 17 stakeholder teams, in a bid to stay relevant with the fast evolving financial markets. ...

Foreign Exempt rules under review

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's Index Services (S&P) has teamed up with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to seek market feedback on a proposal to make listed Foreign Exempt companies eligible for index inclusion. In a proposal outlined in the consultation ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... last week to say it may be 18 months before interest rate begin to fall. Reinforcing the trend, the just-released TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge jumped another 0.5 per cent in April to 4.3 per cent, which way above the Reserve ...

Hooley named State Street pres and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... responsible for all the firm's worldwide services across investment servicing, investment research and trading and securities finance. Hooley said he was committed to leveraging the advantages the firm had in terms of global reach, scale and investment ...

Money for Living practice is not RM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... Living, stating the business was not involved in promoting and selling reverse mortgages. On Monday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) sentenced Money for Living director Gary O'Neill to a year in jail, fully suspended, for ...

BNY Mellon to double corp trust share

... the bank is investing in Australia," he said. The California-based facility has the capacity to handle 5 million loan securities packets. The Sydney facility, once finished, will be able to handle as much as 1.5 million packets. Last year, BNYTA acted ...

NAB buys stake in Pengana

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... 10 funds and strategies including the Australian Equities Long Short Fund, Global Small Companies Fund, Properties Securities Fund and the Global Diversified Bond Fund.

Telstra Super eyes distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... extract the value they want," he said. Distressed debt is a sub-segment of the high-yield bond market and is defined as securities that yield at least 10 percent above the risk-free rate benchmark. According to NYU Stern School of Business, the size ...