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All up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... US bond market. But if this is the case, the stock and commodity markets should be down. Sure, a balanced budget and zero debt is good longer-term but reduced government spending and increased taxes constrict economic growth shorter-term. Wasn't the ...

Century Funds vies to take manager role from Opus

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... decision by the appeals tribunal in May this year. Century plans to support Opus 21 alongside unitholders. It will allow debt repayment to stabilise the Fund and extend the term of the trust into what is potentially a better property market. Once unitholders' ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... anxiety over tensions in the Korean peninsula, liquidity tightening fears in China and contagion concerns from the European debt crisis slowly eased by mid-week and replaced by yuletide cheer. And why not? The Korean siblings appear to have stopped their ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... recovery by investing in enterprise and jobs," said Minister O'Keeffe. Last month, the Irish government finally caved into its debt pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis, and enable it to prop up ...

Bank claims Great Southern action stumped

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... investors from 2005 to 2009. However, short-term cash issues arose quickly with the company recording under $700 million debt shortly thereafter. Further adding pressure are industry rival Timbercorp previous collapse along with Forest Enterprises Australia ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Heard at the G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju: blah, blah, blah... and more blah, blah, blah. As it always is when top authorities of the top nations meet, there's going to be too much chatter and too little done. Financial markets were right to expect that ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... America. It left the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent and decided to reinvest the principal repayments from agency debt and mortgage-back securities into long-term Treasuries because "...the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... collapsed agricultural investment scheme manager. Formerly a leading investment brand, Great Southern has fallen into severe debt and liquidation resulting in over 2,000 investors seeking damages while lawyers move to void loans invested into the failed ...

Basis Capital lesson far from over

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... learnt a lesson in dealing with hedge funds, particularly those with more illiquid underlying investments like collatoralised debt obligations. "It's about transparency," he said. "You don't know what you're investing into." "At the end of the day, it's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... bank holiday. FRANKFURT - European stock exchanges closed generally weaker in sluggish trade in the aftermath of Spain's debt rating downgrade. Market action was subdued also in the absence of activity in London and on Wall Street. Bucking the downward ...