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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... 2,683.45. LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares, the FTSE 100, shed one per cent, with oil and mining stocks failing to fire and troubled British bank Northern Rock falling with reports it could withhold its dividend. The FTSE 100 finished 69.00 ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... President Dick Cheney's visit earlier this year. Those involved in security arrangements have been diligently practising their fire drills and the biggest counter-terrorism operation in Australia's history complete with full dress rehearsals. APEC has ...

GMO small caps downgraded by Morningstar

GMO's Australian small cap shares funds have been downgraded by Morningstar after the departure of former head of equities Max Cappetta and head of equity research Anthony Corr. "They're a big loss to the firm, and while GMO has sizeable resources ...

Concepts in risk 101

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... recouping more than US$360 billion in value and bargain hunters were out in force, buying up stocks made cheaper by a two-week fire sale. The New York investment research firm, Graham Fisher, has gone so far as to compare the current sub-prime calamity ...

A smoking gun for the RBA

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
A pre-poll rate hike could be a shot across the bow of the coalition's election campaign love-boat, however a sooner rather than later approach to monetary tightening might make less of a splash. With second quarter headline inflation surging past the ...

Basis Capital suspends yield fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... further market falls. If the extent of the damage goes deeper than that Basis would be forced into a potentially damaging fire sale of illiquid assets whose value is under pressure. Basis Capital did not return calls yesterday. Funds and consultants ...

Franklin Templeton launches diversified real estate fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched the Franklin International Real Estate Fund 3 (FIRE Fund 3), a global diversified fund investing in international private real estate funds. The launch of FIRE Fund 3 in Australia comes on the back ...

New boutiques turning to better processes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Responding to consultant demands for more robust business models among boutique money managers, Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management (IOR) is harnessing technology and a globalised workforce to design investment processes normally associated with large ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... economic impact of the French election and the victory of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former interior minister who set Paris on fire with comments about hosing scum from the streets. France's economy has grown more slowly than any other developed country and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... Powertel Ltd holds a scheme meeting for shareholders to vote on a takeover proposal from Telecom NZ. Oil and gas explorer Black Fire Energy Ltd is due to list. The Treasurer, Peter Costello will launch `National Market National Interest', a book about ...