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Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Improved governance, risk management and alignment of interests, not investment beliefs, scale and efficient implementation, are key to significantly improving investor returns, according to FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson. Referring ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. Markets seem to be rapidly making up ground considering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... the London Metal Exchange. US equity markets ended in turmoil on Friday, after a senior executive of mortgage underwriter Bear Stearns said that the "fixed income market turmoil was the worst in 22 years". US data also was on the weak side, with jobs ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... while the All Ordinaries added 5.6 points to 6055.9. NEW YORK - US stocks slid sharply on Friday after mortgage underwriter Bear Stearns said credit markets were in their worst shape in two decades, while jobs data aroused further concerns about weakness ...

Sub-prime contamination causes market carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... the 'millionaire's factory' warned of $300 million losses wiping out a quarter of the value of two of its investment funds. Bear Stearns, already embarrassed by the implosion of two of its hedge funds, had earlier announced a third fund with roughly ...

Market freefall not a bear signal

The flight to quality began last week as global markets posted record share price falls but some fund managers saw the sea of red as a buying opportunity. BT Financial's general manager of investments, Dirk Morris, said that the fund added more global ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... record of US0.8789 overnight. Falls in US bond yields and equities in after-hours trading were a big contributor, triggered by Bear Stearns delivering very bad news to some of their investors. Backers of its two failed hedge funds will get little, if ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, holding firmly above the 87 US cent mark as demand for high yielding currencies continued to provide support, amid further US dollar weakness. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8706/11 ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... year. Market nerves over the sector fallout certainly haven't improved following the implosion of two hedge funds. Managed by Bear Stearns, the second-largest underwriter of mortgage bonds, these funds collapsed from substantial losses on sub-prime mortgage ...

BankWest throws a barbie

As if high interest bearing savings accounts and low rate loans weren't good enough, BankWest organised a free sausage sizzle at a local bank branch opening to attract new customers. The group organised the sausage sizzle last Friday as part of the ...