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Cash for investment not just liquidity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... cash in terms of liquidity to viewing it as an investment, according to RaboDirect. Recent research conducted by the online bank revealed that in the last 12 months, investments in RaboDirect's five year term deposits had more than doubled, with the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... $1.85, or 3.56 per cent, to $53.86. The four major banks all opened higher. ANZ was up 28 cents to $23.62, National Australia Bank was 26.5 cents higher at $25.25, Westpac gained 24 cents to $23.54 and Commonwealth Bank was up 70 cents to $56.68. National ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... BB-plus from BBB-minus - share price up 4.1%. Dexia Crediop SpA, the Italian public financing arm of bailed-out Franco-Belgian bank Dexia, chopped to B-plus from BB-minus - Dexia shares up 4.8%. So here we all are. Back in suspended animation -- not ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... need bailouts. Better-than-expected US jobs data added to early gains made on a more positive view of the European Central Bank's stand on the eurozone debt crisis. The European single currency jumped sharply to $US1.2391 from $US1.2178 in New York late ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower after expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) would announce immediate monetary measures to ease the debt crisis failed to bear fruit. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
After all is said and done, much was said but nothing was done. Risk-takers have every reason to feel disappointed for none of the central banks - Fed, ECB, BOE -- that met this week walked their talk (the BOE though didn't do much talking). There weren't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with investors disappointed the European Central Bank announced no immediate measures to solve the euro zone sovereign debt crisis. At 0739 AEST on Friday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Australian share market is flat with cautious investors waiting to see how the European Central Bank (ECB) will spur euro zone economic growth. At 1045 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.1 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,264.9 ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In ...