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Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... as property and asset markets dive -- too much to bear. This is why in a week where other central banks were cutting interest rates, the Bank of England (BoE) produced the mother of all rate cuts. Last week central banks in Australia, South Korea, India ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... higher, getting a boost from gains on Wall Street as investors bet that a very weak US jobs report would prompt more interest rate cuts. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 92.55, or 2.17 per cent, to 4,364.96. FRANKFURT - The German DAX ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... heart from the fact that the Reserve Bank has still plenty of wriggle room to lower borrowing costs. The RBA has lowered interest rates by a total of 200 basis points to 5.25 per cent in a span of just three months. If this is not enough, it has the ...

MLC appoints portfolio manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... strategies and a number of other non-equity sectors such as commodities and currency. Piper was head of Australian fixed interest at UBS Global Asset Management from 1985 to 2000 and was portfolio manager of the MLC mandate over that time. Following ...

Mercer invests $35m in commodities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... via the Ascalon H3 Commodities fund which is available on BT Wrap as well as Asgard and netwealth platforms. Mercer's interest in commodities follows Credit Suisse Asset Management opening its enhanced commodity fund to the retail and institutional market. ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... economic and financial malaise. National Treasuries have been throwing money at the system. Central Banks have been lowering interest rates. More liquidity will flow. But in spite of all these efforts, the problem just refuses to go away. Are we suffering ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... As highlighted by the Australian equity market's apathetic response to the RBA's bigger-than-expected 75 basis point interest rate reduction, monetary policy is not delivering the bang for the buck that it used to produce. One reason for this is that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... Brown Infrastructure Group. The Australian share market closed marginally weaker on Tuesday after a larger than expect interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted stocks from deeper lows earlier in the day. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

First home buyers tap $21k bonus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... from first home buyers to brokers had also risen almost 300 per cent over that time, she said. "There was very little interest from first home buyers during September but now brokers and property related websites, including our own, are being flooded ...

Sale won't affect clients: Pillar

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The NSW government's proposal to sell the superannuation administration provider, Pillar will not affect its operations or its client accounts, accordng to a spokesperson for the firm. Mark Luciano, Pillar general manager of marketing and business development ...