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Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... all-time high. China certainly doesn't want this. And it could afford to say no. Instead it's telling America to raise interest rates - also an unpalatable prospect at this time of the cycle for the US. Who will reign supreme?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Chairman Ben Bernanke said policymakers would monitor the dollar while at the same time repeating that the Fed would hold interest rates low until the economy strengthens. Low interest rates and easing fears about the global economy have weakened demand ...

Christian Super invests $50m in fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Diversified Fixed Income Fund with a $50m mandate. The fund invest in a blend of government and credit Australian fixed interest securities, global government bonds and global credit securities, which are all reviewed using environmental, social and ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... the claims in the lawsuit. "After more than five years of litigation, MMC believes these settlements to be in the best interest of the company and it stockholders. "While the company continues to deny all of the claims in these lawsuits, the resolution ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... to rise and they will not die of old age. We have to wait until the Fed - and other central banks - to kill it. With interest rates at record lows, it may take awhile and so many arrows (rate hikes) before equities expire. The current slope of the US ...

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Local credit rating agencies must hold an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence, properly manage conflicts of interest that arise and ensure employees are adequately trained from January next year following regulatory changes. The Australian Securities ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... as part of this process that we're going through to make sure that the advice been given to people are in their best interest," he said. Minister Bowen pointed out that there is no distinction between an SMSF or another form of super fund when money ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... Mr. Rudd is readying yet another stimulus targeting small Australian businesses. As you read this piece, the RBA's past interest rate cuts are working their way into the system. As you read this piece monetary and fiscal authorities in other parts of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... hovering around these levels for months now," Mr Heffernan said. "That's given a bit of fuel to those people who think interest rates may go up sooner than later, and you'd expect that to give a bit of a push under the dollar."

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... tactical move. "I've been involved in this area for 30 years and I have never seen such an increase in institutional interest in emerging markets. In the past six months, we've picked up three major US institutional accounts, which between them account ...