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Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at home and around the globe. This turmoil would directly and negatively impact ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by the financial sector after news that the US government would take over troubled mortgage institutions Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had added 187 points, or ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund awards held last night highlighted 15 of the leading hedge fund managers in the country, with one awardee returning 39 per cent and another gaining as much as 265 per cent in the last 12 months. Admittedly it's been a tough ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Financial planners should reassess their clients' exposure to the fixed income sector after a van Eyk review found diversified income managers are primed to take advantage of investment opportunities in credit securities. The firm's diversified income ...

IML overhauls staff retention strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Investors Mutual Limited (IML) revamped its investment team's equity package as part of an overall review designed to retain a consistent team of analysts. Anton Tagliaferro, IML managing director and investment director, said the firm reviewed its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market was down at noon, with energy and mining stocks lower on the back of falling oil and gold prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 45.1 points, or 0.9 per cent to 5014.9, while the broader All Ordinaries lost ...

HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The lure of the country's superannuation dollars will push more global hedge funds to target Australian investors, prompting HSBC to open a specialist fund services arm locally ahead of the wave of hedge fund activity. Previously, HSBC has provided ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Investors keen to stay in the black despite the market doldrums should look no further than Aurora's Sandringham Dividend Income trust. Sandringham's low double-digit returns may have been ho-hum during the bull years but this year's 12.76 per cent ...

B&B appoint CFO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Specialist fund and asset management firm, Babcock & Brown promoted John Fanning to chief financial officer. Fanning replaces Michael Larkin who was appointed chief executive and managing director on August 21. Prior to this position, Fanning worked ...

Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Commonwealth Bank appointed Christian Strahlhofer and Komal Soni as relationship manager and account manager for corporate financial services, respectively in its financial planning division. Prior to this role, Strahlhofer worked in corporate banking ...