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Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... remains poor, which is why we don't expect the RBA rate hike today to put a rocket under the AUD." Where the AU/US 2-year bond yield spread has widened to 190bp from150bp a month ago, NabCapital believes that if risk-appetite recovers, this wider yield ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
Up to half all hedge funds, at least one major bank and a "substantial percentage" of private equity firms in business today worldwide will cease to exist within five years, according to predictions made by GMO chairman, Jeremy Grantham. In his quarterly ...

One in five choose shares: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
Despite the huge market gains of the last few years, only 17 per cent of the general public believe shares are the best place for savings, according to the latest Russell Market Barometer report. Based on figures from the Westpac Consumer Confidence ...

Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Magellan Financial Group has launched two unique retail funds that only pay performance fees when returns exceed both a relative market benchmark and 10 year Australian Government Bond yields. The high conviction Global Fund is a market-uncorrelated ...

Election looms over investment markets

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
The upcoming Federal election could generate market uncertainty but with the two major parties' having similar broader macroeconomic policies, it's unlikely any market jitters will last. In a discussion paper on a possible election back-lash on the ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Ever onwards and upwards, the Australian dollar nudges US88Ac, and New Zealand's inflation is stubbornly refusing to come down. The Australian dollar climbed steadily for a ninth consecutive day to reach an 18-year record of US0.8789 overnight. Falls ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... Government February 2017 bond was at 6.243 per cent compared with yesterday's close of 6.210 per cent, while the August 2010 bond yield was unchanged at 6.430 per cent. The September 10-year bond futures contract was at 93.755 from yesterday's close ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Australian share market was higher at midday with resources and banks keeping the local bourse above water. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was up 41.7 points to 6240.3, while the all ordinaries was up 40.5 points to 6373.1. On the ...

LPTs expand as sentiment dips

... Government bonds. At the end of June, the yield on the LPT sector was 5.7 per cent compared with the 10-year Government bond yield of 6.26 per cent. But against the weaker investor sentiment, UBS estimated that the total real estate mergers and acquisitions ...

Economic round-up: Raging bull

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
As the Australian stock market finishes what has been the best financial year of the past 20, a spectacular amount of cash has been floating around looking for somewhere to set up house. Investors have done exceptionally which has seen the bull market ...