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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... consecutive month, up 0.8 per cent compared with the previous month. In local economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the 17th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Trends senior analyst Uwe Helmes. "While the general population continued to accumulate cash reserves in 2013, according to RBA figures, HNW investors were ahead of the curve with a quarter of them already in the process of re-investing their excess ...

Allan Gray Aussie fund listed on six platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... sharemarket. The fund has returned 8.4% per annum since inception, net of all fees compared to the benchmark, which is the RBA cash rate return of 3.5%. "We have seen growing interest in our contrarian approach as it challenges people to think again ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... commodity prices - and/or rising inflation - which slows growth and weakens the US dollar. And does anybody think that the RBA Governor Glen Stevens would sit idly by and hold "interest rates until 2016" if the dollar-A's drop to US$0.66 by end 2015 ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been forced to follow the example of the rest of the developed world, slashing interest rates to a record low 2.5%. ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... the Aussie to new highs may occur if the Fed stops tapering and embarks on an even more aggressive round of QE all while the RBA adopts a tightening bias instead of easing. Stronger Chinese growth will also help supporting higher commodity prices." The ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... attendance to be mindful of these inflation risks and plan for a possible interest rate rise by the end of the year as the RBA moves to address the problem.

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Insurance Corporation, a member of the Higher Education Endowment Fund and served as a member of the Payment Systems Board of the RBA. Both men have been appointed to their positions for a period of five years. The Future Fund was established in 2006 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,120. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the index of commodity prices for January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for ...

Global economy on a knife edge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014