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When it comes to buying wine as a serious investment, it’s not simply a matter of backing up the ute and emptying the top shelves of the local bottle shop, reports Bernard Kellerman.

It should come as no surprise that share floats were down on all counts - numbers, total value and post-IPO gains. And for this year's best results, look to the resources sector.

What do investors really think about the quality of research they receive from analysts? Insto’s debt editor Michelle Fondacaro has a few answers, after slicing and dicing the results from our tenth annual fixed income poll.

An asset backed securitisation deal from Macquarie shows that Australian issuers can still tap overseas capital markets, reports Michelle Fondacaro.

In an uncertain market, the best deals will often prove to be a combination of fortunate timing and sound advice, as Suncorp-Metway demonstrated, reports Bernard Kellerman.

This year’s Distinction Awards gala dinner marks the 10^th anniversary of the event.

The awards recognise brilliance in the Australian banking community.

The year of the group hug

Palamedia managing director David Collett announced this week that Bernard Kellerman has joined the company as editor of Insto, starting immediately.

Why Australian organisations need to take advantage of global integration now

When Commander Jan Van Riebeeck stuck some grape vines in the ground at the foot of Cape Town’s Table Mountain in 1655, few gave it too much thought – nor his vines too much future.

For many years I have been arguing strongly on behalf of clients for banks to allow emerging producers to underwrite debt service cash flows with put options rather than gold forwards.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and CPA Australia Limited recently entered into Cover of Excellence Schemes (Schemes) that limit the liability of their members. Through the Schemes, the Australian accounting industry seeks greater certainty (and limitation) to professional indemnity risk.