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Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Philip Pepe to portfolio manager in its High Conviction team. Pepe previously held a senior research analyst and portfolio manager role at Platypus Asset Management. During this time, Pepe was responsible for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Australian stocks have recovered considerably from yesterday's alarming global market slump, boosted by a surprise, emergency 75 basis points interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. Global investors braced themselves for another big day of losses ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night. CommSec managing director Matt Comyn, speaking late ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly higher today despite a negative lead on Wall St after the local market yesterday posted its biggest single day fall in over 10 years. Most major European markets rebounded overnight and losses ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The once established "Centro" name is now often synonymous with the words "problematic", "collapsed" and "embattled", but other property fund managers have begun to see silver linings following the Centro meltdown. Listed property funds manager, Aspen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower on a negative lead from Asian and European markets and large falls in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 158 points at ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 75 points at 5,687. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
The Australian share market looks set to continue its run in the red today after more falls on Wall Street. In London, base metal prices generally were down. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0824 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

Against the doom and gloom predictions surrounding debt and equities markets, historical data and projections from Selecting Super suggest Australian super funds will ride the market volatility and stay in the black by year-end. Analysts and research ...