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Wingate profits from Everest stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Wingate's mezzanine fund offers funding to property developers that are facing a shortfall due to banks restricted lending post-GFC. "We have grown that business by well over 100 per cent in last 12 months and I expect to double that again in the 12 ...

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Platform funds under administration (FUA) by end December 2010 reached $397 billion, just below its pre-GFC $400 billion 2007 peak, meaning that as terrible as the GFC fallout was, it only set back Australia's wealth creation plans by two years. The ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... blow - this, by the way, is the biggest one-day drop since 16 October 2008 when the index dropped by 11.4 per cent as the GFC got going - this is to be expected. The Nikkei closed 10.1 per cent lower last week. But international equities' performance ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... 1997/98, September 11 terrorist attacks on the US in 2001, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the GFC in 2008 -- spooked and tested investors' nerves. All turned out to be great buying opportunities in hindsight.

Dealer groups stay with Japan, eye opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... confidence while being optimistic about new market opportunities. Investor and consumer confidence, already low due to the GFC and prolonged investor turmoil, is expected to be further negatively affected by the additional volatility. However, BlackRock ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity," sometime in the midst of the GFC two years ago. And it did! We know now that the GFC produced the biggest bargains since the 1930s. Equity markets have doubled ...

Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... are pushing institutional investors and pension funds towards alternatives including the significant volatility during the GFC resulting in a move for lower correlation to private equity. Additionally, European investors are facing regulations that risk ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... that had significance provided no kinder surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates by 50 bps back to its GFC level of 2.50 per cent. This is no longer big news nor RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard's explanation. "We have acted preemptively ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... downs on Wall Street, underlying sentiment remains one of optimism. There is not the elevated fear that prevailed during the GFC or when the European sovereign debt crisis occupied the headlines. And when fear is mentioned, there's the VIX index to measure ...