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All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... response to the on-going crisis. Greater regulation of financial institutions, more fiscal spending, further cuts in interest rates, increased accounting transparency, trade reforms and the establishment of an all-encompassing oversight body - regulatory ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... throwing money at lending institutions, another reducing tax rates, another guaranteeing bank deposits, another cutting interest rates by much more than any other time in history, and yet another doing all of the above has had very minimal effect thus ...

Karara restructures for Aus eq focus

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Karara Capital will be a fully employee-owned business after it reshuffled its company structure to focus on its Australian equities expertise. Karara announced yesterday that its key investment staff will continue to manage Aussie equities. The new ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... their lending activities. Five weeks on after TARP was approved and half of the US$700 billion dispersed -- and central interest rate targets dropped -- credit remains impaired as banks tighten lending standards and continue to hoard cash. And with the ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... inflation has become the dog with no bark. These have given central banks worldwide scope to implement precedent-setting interest rate reductions over the past few months. Given the still fragile state of the global economy, more interest rate cuts are ...

Depression talk ill-informed and ignores history

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... several 'shock absorbers' today that didn't exist in 1929. Among them the country's deposit insurance guarantee, low interest rates and stronger balance sheets due to more stringent corporate governance imposed on companies. Moreover, in 1929 the US ...

Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... the sector and Australian pension funds are starting to follow suit, said Kevin Perry, Portfolio Manager with US fixed interest specialists Loomis Sayles. "These credit markets are irrationally cheap," said Perry. Making these investments especially ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... for commodity based stocks. Also, the Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated there is more work to be done in cutting interest rates as it tries to strike the balance between stemming slower economic growth and curbing inflation. At 1219 AEDT, the benchmark ...

RaboPlus adds BTIM funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... platform. The BT Wholesale Asian Shares fund, Core Australian Shares fund, Core Global Share fund, Ethical Share fund, Fixed Interest fund, Focus Australian Share fund, Global Fixed Interest fund, Imputation fund and Property Securities fund were all ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... market conditions are particularly favourable for mortgage funds, which tend to outperform cash alternatives in falling interest rate environments. The recent sharp reductions in the RBA Cash Rate and falling term deposit rates make high grade mortgage ...