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It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... increased to 1.83% from 1.78% it paid last month. It seems like a dive all right. Two of Europe's big economies paying high interest rates for their borrowings. Spain and France are doomed - according to reports their credit ratings would soon be downgraded. ...

UK manager enters local market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... fund opportunities locally. John Donovan, AFM's managing director, said the local institutional market was expressing interest in investment opportunities in emerging and frontier growth markets. "Advance Emerging Capital believes that the emerging and ...

Australian private wealth firm selects US property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Residential. Debt funding was secured from Fannie Mae adding to the attractiveness of the deal. "Given its size and the interest rate environment in the US, Fannie Mae is able to provide some of the best funding rates of any lender in the market. This ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... economic growth was the biggest influence on investment decisions, followed by the Australian dollar, European debt funding, interest rates and lastly, the domestic labour market. "Sentiment towards China tends to swing between two extremes. There are ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... assets jumped 16% in the past 12 months to $4.62 trillion, with private equity assets in North America attracting special interest, reveals new research. According to the alternative investments research group Preqin, 57%, invest into private equity ...

Fixed income fund released

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... requirements," said Richard Howes, Challenger Life chief executive. "Because it pays a known monthly amount regardless of interest rate and market movements, the Challenger Guaranteed Pension Fund provides a certain, base level of income, takes the hassle ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... by Westpac/Melbourne Institute suggests that C would continue to weaken in the coming months.So far The expected RBA interest rate cut could help reverse some of this but with the banks short-circuiting the monetary policy transmission mechanism (ANZ ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... offering access to tight fixed spreads. "Traders using Capital CFDs in the 1st quarter of 2012 maintained their wide-eyed interest in trading currencies with 33% focused on the Aussie dollar and 16% jumping on board the Euro to hunt for volatility and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... Waterer said. "Following the comments from Fed representatives this week, the market seems more inclined to expect the US interest rate to remain low until the middle of 2014," he said. However, the Australian dollar appeared to have dropped from its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... growth in the first quarter. Analysts said the data suggested the Federal Reserve would maintain its efforts to keep interest rates at record lows for the medium term. LONDON - Major European stock markets bounced back on Thursday from losses early in ...