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Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... everybody else complaining we aren't building them fast enough. The latest expert entering the fray with dire warnings is Reserve Bank governor and the nation's de facto chief economist, Glenn Stevens who said it's not interest rates making Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Street was closed for the US Labor Day public holiday. LONDON - European stocks tumbled about four per cent on Monday, with bank stocks hit particularly hard by acute tension over the risk of recession in leading economies and over eurozone debt. London's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... Brisbane. At 1205 AEST the major banks were also weaker, with ANZ the weakest performer, losing 53 cents to $19.39. Commonwealth Bank fell 97 cents to $46.55, National Australia Bank lost 57 cents to $22.94 and Westpac fell 51 cents to $20.00. Among ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... to see the Aussie dollar weaken further." Mr Sinton said it was a massive week for local economic data, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting for its September board meeting and interest rate decision on Tuesday and national accounts and labour ...

SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Recommended to Fund Watch, after UBS Global Asset Management said it would buy ING Investment Management subject to Dutch Central Bank approval. "At this stage there is significant uncertainty surrounding with ING IM funds would sit on this boutique ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Global pressure to contain debt is ironically one of the biggest threats to the world economy, warns the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. Writing in the Financial Times, Lagarde said world economic confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) is to issue $1 billion of July 2017 Treasury Bonds with the Reserve Bank of Austrlaia expected to take up $10 million of the issue amount. In equities news, Premier Investments and Cockatoo Coal both ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... the launch a new premium carrier in Asia. The major banks were higher, with ANZ gaining 21 cents to $20.50 and Commonwealth Bank up 34 cents at $48.56. National Australia Bank rose 42 cents to $24.14 and Westpac was 22 cents higher at $20.82. The spot ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... competitor that has anything like that." Williams said Mercer would target all planners from boutique firms to private and major bank-aligned advisers, with clients ranging from the mass affluent to high net wealth. This is going head to head with asset ...