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Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... collapse. Simply, this saying states that equity markets -- on average -- goes down when the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates. Share prices rise when the Fed lowers rates. We all know why. Rising interest rates dampens economic activity as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Europe's leading stock markets ended virtually flat after the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England held interest rates steady, with the ECB forecasting a eurozone contraction of 4.6 per cent in 2009. The London FTSE 100 index added 3.52 ...

BlackRock wins Lonsec top rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... Russell Maddox, BlackRock's co-chief investment officer, multi asset classes. "We have witnessed a bit of a resurgence in interest back to single manager balanced funds in recent months as a result of high volatility, market uncertainty and poor results ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... dodge a recession it did not. Australia's escape from R was engineered - by the Reserve Bank of Australia pulling down interest rates, by the government sending checks and re-investing in infrastructure, by many Australians who kept the faith. There ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... falling Libor rates - is evidence that the money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent yesterday because of signs that the global economy is stabilising and 'this is clearest in ...

Instinet launches Newport 3

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... technology services. Among other things, the platform is "entirely broker neutral", doing away with potential conflicts of interest and a narrower field of broker-dealers that clients can trade with. It also allows clients to customise the Instinet Execution ...

New board member for legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The $1 billion legalsuper has appointed Hugh Macken, the Law Society of New South Wales' 2008 president, to its board. Macken replaced outgoing board member, Robert Laurie. David Miles, legalsuper chairman, said Macken's appointment maintained the strong ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... - its highest in seven months. As you read this, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is deliberating what to do with interest rates. Given these positive indications, chances are it would do nothing. What about tomorrow's National Accounts report expected ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... ATO is also cracking down on taxpayers who attempt to claim a capital loss arising from the artificial receipt of an interest in a discretionary trust as a default beneficiary. "In the current economic environment we're expecting to see an increase in ...