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St Laurence gives investors ultimatum

St Laurence says its running out of money and investors have the stark choice of receivership or to do a debt for equity swap like Hanover debenture holders.

Wed, Apr 28th 2010 05:59PM

Deposit war shows no sign of abating: KPMG

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Mutual Finance changes hands as Bublitz pops up again

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Rates round-up

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Pros and cons of moratoria espoused to select committee

PwC's Fisk questions moratoria while Chapman Tripp's Wallis defends them at select committee inquiry.

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Pros and cons of moratoria espoused to select committee

Proof is in the pudding for Liontamer capital-protected funds

Liontamer Investments has hit out at critics of capital-protected funds, saying opponents have overstated the negatives regularly associated with them.

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Proof is in the pudding for Liontamer capital-protected funds

Glass plans to have NZ’s biggest investment team at Devon Funds

Paul Glass, whose new Devon Funds took over Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, hopes to have the largest investment team in the country.

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Glass plans to have NZ’s biggest investment team at Devon Funds

Inflation pressure starts sapping strength of emerging equity markets

Rising inflationary pressure in emerging economies is beginning to sap their strength, though they should still make up a core part of any investment portfolio, according to AMP Capital Investors.

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Inflation pressure starts sapping strength of emerging equity markets

Markets start betting against low short-term interest rates

Investors are betting against short-term interest rates staying low as the prospect of the Reserve Bank hiking the official cash rate draws nearer, according to AMP Capital Investors.

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Markets start betting against low short-term interest rates

2010 worse for NZ defaults than 2009: S&P

Two defaults in the first three months of this year by New Zealand issuers have already doubled the number of missed payments in 2009, according to Standard & Poor’s.

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2010 worse for NZ defaults than 2009: S&P

Brash says transparency is on the way for Huljich

Executive chairman Don Brash says Huljich Wealth Management intends to be a "leader" in transparency for KiwiSaver schemes.

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Brash says transparency is on the way for Huljich

Rates round-up

Lombard directors face criminal charges, NZICA censures Bridgecorp's Roest, Five Star's Bowden, Rural Portfolio Capital breaches trust deed

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House sales still in soft patch

House sales are still in a "soft patch" as the usual strong month of March edged up from February, according to the latest Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) figures.

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Reset rate market discounts, corporate bonds probably past peak

Discounting in the reset securities bond market and the issuance of new corporate bonds are probably past their peak as the major banks look to attract investors, according to AMP Capital Investor’s Grant Hassell.

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Reset rate market discounts, corporate bonds probably past peak

Commerce Commission to sit on ING decision for another month

The Commerce Commission will sit on its decision on whether promotion of the frozen ING Diversified Yield and Regular Income funds breached the Fair Trading Act for another month.

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Commerce Commission to sit on ING decision for another month

South Canterbury Finance guarantee comes in nick of time

Broker McDouall Stuart has praised Treasury for its quick action in getting South Canterbury Finance (SCF) accepted into the government's extended retail deposit guarantee.

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