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The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... have seen the light, here's the oncoming train's headlights. Reports overnight revealed that yields on US Treasury 10-year notes increased to their highest levels in more than two weeks undoubtedly due to the massive amount of debt the US government ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... conflict - and to us it looks to be a very expensive conflict." Governance models also play a part in the divide. The research notes that the different way conflicts of interest between fund members and fund managers are structured in the two governance ...

First corporate bond issue of 2009

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... ANZ and Commonwealth Bank, are confident that pricing will be around 130 basis points over the bank bill swap rate. The notes have a five-year term and are rated AAA, making Australia Post an unusual issuer in the corporate bond market, which is usually ...

Babcock & Brown folds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... administrators after the company failed to pass a special resolution to restructure the terms of its New Zealand-listed subordinated notes. Around 42 per cent supported the move but a majority 58 per cent voted against it. The debt restructure was subject ...

WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... will allow Macquarie the opportunity to become a shareholder of WHK within the next five years. Upon full conversion of the notes, Macquarie will be entitled to nominate a director to be appointed to the WHK Group Board. "Through leveraging off Macquarie's ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... and independent) are now going to major retail funds and even less to industry funds," they added. While the RMR report notes that industry funds in aggregate are the biggest winners from super choice, combining the results from all the major retail ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... data, both for January. The Australian Office of Financial Management is expected to tender the first issue of Treasury notes in seven years. In company news, Adamus Resources will hold an investor presentation in Melbourne. On Wednesday, the Australian ...

ESI Super adds vanilla cash option

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... The super fund previously offered the Cash Enhanced option which invested in a number of securities such as floating rate notes, mortgage backed securities and promissory notes. The statement describes the Cash Enhanced option as a "low risk option" ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... finance, the same way the CDOs (collateralized debt obligation), sub-prime lending and Zimbabwe printing Z$100 trillion notes have. So what is the Fed going to do? Given the extent of the problem - and without ammunition left on interest rates - the ...

IFSA calls for more frequent valuations of unlisted assets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... do asset valuations outside what was set out in the PDS disclosures given to investors. The importance of IFSA's guidance notes is that while they are voluntary, some of them become mandatory for all members after a certain period. In the past, IFSA ...