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Tough turkey for retirees this Christmas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... payers, retirees are in for a tougher festive period, says National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill. The Reserve Bank (RBA) cut the base rate to 3% yesterday, the lowest it has been since the start of the financial crisis. While borrowers were ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... retail banks were in positive territory at the start of trade, as market players waited for their response to the central bank's 25 basis point cut to the cash rate on Tuesday. ANZ was up 10 cents at $24.69, CBA had risen 12 cents to $60.62, NAB was ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... Disclosure Project (AODP) and Shartru Capital. Through AOPD Hewson, a former leader of the Australian Liberal Party and Reserve Bank economist wants to name the investment institutions -including superannuation and pension funds - that are doing nothing ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... allocation of up to 15% of the portfolio in primarily 'AAA' rated 'green' or 'climate' bonds issued by agencies such as the World Bank, European Investment Bank or Asian Development Bank. Introduction of Sustainable Australian Shares as one of the Fund's ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... will also publish overseas arrivals and departures statistics for October. The Australian Industry Group and Commonwealth Bank release their joint Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for November, while Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy ...

CIO and COO award nominations now open

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... 7, 2013 at a premier gala function in Melbourne. Confirmed sponsors for the 2013 awards to date include National Australia Bank, Affiliated Managers' Group, Commonwealth Bank, JP Morgan, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Northern Trust, Ernst & Young, and KPMG ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, as local market players await a likely interest rate cut from the central bank. At 1035 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,532.3 points, while the broad-market All ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... cliff, and Europe -- and the outlook for the Australian economy - is bringing certainty to financial markets that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver another interest rate cut today, that will take the official cash rate down from 3.25% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... from the United States caused a fall on Wall Street. However local shares could be boosted later on Tuesday if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cuts the cash rate by 25 basis points, as expected. At 0821 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index ...