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Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... expects the budget shortfall to climb to US$1.5 trillion 2010, from an initial estimate of US$1.3 trillion. As far as the eye can see. It now expects the ten-year deficit to grow to US$9.1 trillion to US$7.1 trillion. Scary stuff. But recall then former ...

Planner appetite for fixed income soar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
CPI-linked bonds are hot on planners' watchlists - but many are still at a loss on how they can best access fixed income investments, according to FIIG Securities. Stephen Hart, head of planner services at FIIG Securities, said while planners are looking ...

Fundies and analysts target IT sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Locally listed IT firms are catching the eye of stock analysts and high conviction fund managers as technology-related goods and services move from being a discretionary spend to a "must have" for today's consumers and businesses. Elio D'Amato, chief ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
"Such a feelin's comin over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky Got the sun in my eyes" (Carpenters) Wall Street snubbed what was broadly a bad news day and instead merrily hummed, "Everything I want the world to be, is ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The $14.6 billion Emergency Services & State Super has slashed its exposure to Australian equities by 10 per cent and is considering tapping timber and commodity investments this new financial year. ESSSuper, which had $14.6 billion in funds at the ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

TC Growers closer to buying Timbercorp assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
First Super-backed TC Growers is a step closer to acquiring the failed Timbercorp's forestry assets. According to a media statement released by the consortium, which counts the $1.5 billion timber industry fund First Super and an unnamed international ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
While some financial planning firms hunker down for the GFC to pass, many opportunistic mid-weight planning companies are increasing their borrowing activities to buy their smaller rivals, according to a Macquarie Bank expert. Jamie Melville, national ...

Capstone FP eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Capstone Financial Planning is using the dealer group's independent label to attract more financial planning practices to its ranks - with over 10 practices expected to join in the next 12 months. Grant O'Riley, managing director at Capstone Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher after a strong surge on Wall Street sparked by a brighter economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...