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Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... banks would follow our central bank's lead - US equities were nonplussed. Hopes that the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates at its FOMC meeting next week and news of another 'lender of last resort' intervention by the US central bank failed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... from Wall Street after stocks dropped for a fifth day as investors shrugged off signs the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates and focused concern on financial companies' balance sheets. At 0755 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon as the market anticipates an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia this afternoon, and after heavy losses on Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 94.4 points, or 2.08 per cent ...

AIG Australia to be retained

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
AIG international has advised the market and policyholders that it will be retaining a majority interest in its Asian insurance companies, including its Australian life insurance operation AIG Life Australia. The announcement is part of AIG's commitment ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Taking lessons from the past, a shock response from the world's major central banks in the form of big interest rates reductions - in the order of say 50-100 basis points each time - might assist reducing the magnitude and length of the coming recession ...

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... worked with the team at ARIA and its stakeholders and service providers, and I will continue to follow its progress with interest," he said. Watson's departure caps off a series of high profile movements at the fund. Former chief executive Steve Gibbs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... at 4,388. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to announce a half a percentage point cut in official interest rates, following its monthly board meeting. Economists have forecast the RBA will cut official interest rates by up to 50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... following disappointing economic data from the United States and a decision by the European Central Bank to maintain interest rates at current levels. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 89.3 points, or 1.8 per cent, to 4,870.3. FRANKFURT ...

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... the media, rising demand from institutional investors in responsible investment as a risk management tool and growing interest among high net worth individuals, the reports found.

CHOICE selects top FHSAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... CHOICE passed eight FHSA products in the market through its list of criteria including whether the account offers an interest rate that matches or exceeds the Reserve Bank cash rate (currently 7 per cent), no account keeping fee and no switching fee. ...