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Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
Cool it or we'll hose you down! That's the overriding message to the property market of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) September Financial Stability Review. While the Australian central bank also warned against rising property prices in March ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... right, even at just 0.15% interest for four years only less than a quarter of the ECB's offer was taken up. Reminds me of RBA Governor Glenn's statement: "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." Some commentators ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... hang on. The A$ weakening below US$0.75? That's not bad news. A lower dollar-A is just what Australia needs, the prescription RBA Gov Glenn Stevens has been ordering for many, many moons now. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's depreciation ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... within them, forcing investors to make significant portfolio adjustments just to stay market-neutral," he said. "A senior RBA official said recently that the internationalisation of the RMB and the liberalisation of China's capital account could 'well ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... while the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 1.41 (0.07 per cent) to 1,984.13. Locally, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) September board meeting are due for release. On Monday, the Australian share market suffered its largest one day fall in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... one cent to $33.79, Westpac was fell 13 cents at $33.64, and ANZ lost six cents to $32.31. Investors were waiting for the RBA to release minutes of its monthly board meeting at 1130 AEST, and tonight's US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wall ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... while the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 1.41 (0.07 per cent) to 1,984.13. Locally, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) September board meeting are due for release. On Monday, the Australian share market suffered its largest one day fall in ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... Smarter Money Investments has also added its Smarter Money Active Cash Fund, which targets returns that seek to outperform the RBA's official cash rate by taking advantage of investment opportunities within the Australian cash and fixed-income markets. ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... structural crises such as the ones he claims we are currently in. He singled out the Reserve Bank of Australia, saying: "The RBA is a little bit schizophrenic. You can't have it both ways: if you cheapen your currency you don't get growth, you get inflation." ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... ore prices - disappointing Westpac consumer confidence survey, disappointing increase in new home loans, bearish technicals, RBA jawboning (after all this time, Gov Glen's jaw finally worked?), and of course, of course, speculation that the Fed and the ...