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Chinese walls and windows

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... would allow foreign brokerages to invest in its fully licensed domestic brokerages. Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a speech at the World Economic Forum, "After the completion of a three-year restructuring ...

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian Securities Exchange and BGI have launched the first tranche of exchange traded funds (ETFs), called iShares, this week. Starting with ...

Sub-prime kills UBS profits, jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... the expected losses are due to write-downs and losses in fixed income, particularly on residential mortgage-backed securities, rates and currency business within the investment bank. As a result money markets, currencies and commodities will be integrated ...

S&P upgrades Global Value Fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... this manager to sustain its promising strong early performance," Hanel concluded. S&P has also placed Advance Property-Securities' multi-blend funds 'On Hold' after a change in investment mandate. The fund originally provided exposure to Australian listed-property ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... much improved investor risk-appetite and prospects for higher commodity prices." In an interview with Sky News, TD Securities global strategist Stephen Koukoulas said, with more interest rate hikes in Australia, rate cuts in the US and the continuation ...

The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... and predictable income with the potential for capital growth. For example, Macquarie's International Infrastructure Securities fund has invested in assets that have returned 20 per cent in the year to end of August. "Investors and their advisers have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... points to 6597. The Reserve Bank of Australia is to release financial aggregates data for August today, while the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for September is out. In Sydney, it will be the third and final day of the Carbon Finance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 49 points to 6596 on a volume of 11,307 contracts. AEQUS Securities Pty Ltd institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the local market was following Wall Street. "The Dow Jones was up 100 points ...

Macq adds to small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... was an executive analyst at RFC Corporate Finance and mining research analyst for the Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities in the UK. Neil Carter, co-head of Macquarie Australian Small Companies, said, "David has experience as a senior analyst, covering ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
AFS has expressed disappointment over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to ban one of its advisers, Michael Parker, and said it will support his appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC banned Parker after it found ...