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Fighting inflation to make housing affordability worse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Housing affordability just seems to get worse, and our anti-inflationary strategies look set to make it worse. According to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), even despite slowing house prices last year, housing affordability still sunk to yet ...

WHK expands Sydney and Queensland business

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Listed financial planning firm, WHK Group, has snapped up another Mortgage Choice franchise via their deal with risk insurance firm Diamond Life Financial Services in its latest endeavors to expand the WHK business. WHK acquired Mortgage Choice and ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... this, the survey found that seven of the 10 largest IPOs in 2007 were trading below their issue price by year end in December - even prior to the recent market falls. Despite this however, the Deloitte survey found the average IPO return was still a ...

International value funds back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
International value funds have been lying low for several years, but the sweep of panic wafting from the recent credit market turbulence has the funds gearing for a major comeback - with several US fund managers eyeing the Australian market. US investment ...

Dewhurst to head Legg Mason's global expansion

Legg Mason is planning global domination and has appointed an Australian, former IOOF chief executive Ron Dewhurst, to do the job. Dewhurst has been appointed senior managing director and head of international asset management of the company effective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following declines in US stocks overnight. In London, base metal prices mostly were weaker. At 0646 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 72 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. In London, base metal prices were mostly weaker. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 202 points ...

Equity Trustees super six times bigger

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Equity Trustees Limited has increased its superannuation business by $542 million over a four-year period thanks to the cumulative power of minor acquisitions. "When the [superannuation business] was acquired in 2003 it was around $108 million now its ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Opportunistic and high conviction funds passed the 'bear market test' with flying colours, based on recent performance data. Critics have argued that opportunistic and high conviction funds - designed to perform well during a market fallout - are so ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
The Australian share market has opened lower, shrugging off a positive run by US equity markets which rose overnight on strengthening expectation that the US Federal Reserve again will cut rates this week. At 1015 AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 index was down ...