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Future Fund appoints property expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has appointed Barry Brakey, co-founder of Pinnacle Property, to investment director of private markets specialising in property. Brakey has extensive experience in superannuation investment into property capital ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil but because their economy is heavily ...

Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Although the reverse mortgage market grew strongly in recent years, a new Datamonitor report has shown signs that the sector is slowing down. The Reverse Mortgages in Australia and New Zealand 2007 report found reverse mortgage advances increased by ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Debt is becoming a colossal problem in Australian and we seem to be losing the battle to pay it as defaults across credit card debt, personal loans and mortgages have risen nationally by 35.5 per cent. In their latest study, based on 14million-plus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... markets, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd will announce its fourth quarter and full year results, while automotive brake company Pacifica Group Ltd will update investors on its first half year. Meanwhile, diversified industrial company Programmed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... derailed by this. "The results season will be very solid... It will be very good and it's to be hoped that it does put a brake on these falls. It will help. I just hope it helps enough." Despite continued strength in metals prices overnight, the miners ...

Winds continue to favour private equity

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
Private equity deals look set to enjoy favourable environmental conditions for some time yet with more successful deals likely, according to van Eyk, although the sector may not be suitable to retail investors. Nigel Douglas, van Eyk investment strategist ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today after a central bank interest rate rise put the brakes on the bourse's recent rally to record highs. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 24.5 points lower at 5467.1, while the all ordinaries ...

US Clean Tech opportunities opened to local market

Macquarie Funds Management will provide local institutional investors access to its new private equity vehicle - a clean technology fund with a predominant focus on North America. Growing consumer demand and corporate acceptance of renewable energy ...

Brakes applied to investment property mortgage market

Market analyst Datamonitor has produced a report showing the outstanding growth in the investment property mortgage market is beginning to slow. Lending commitments for investment properties have nearly tripled in the last five years reaching a level ...