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QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... Traditional absolute return funds often rely on their ability to manage physical securities - but the QIC Global Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which ...

Rate Cut in the Offing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... Quarterly Bulletin released yesterday. The RBA Bulletin confirmed the comments it made on 5 August -- after its unchanged interest rate decision - and indicated that it has room to lower interest rates given slowing demand. The RBA declared that, "On ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... temporary residents to claim their super after five years of leaving Australia and also prohibited their savings earning interest. "We applaud the government for addressing our concerns and bringing fairness and equity to temporary residents," said Reynolds. ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Investors will carefully dissect the report for hints on whether the RBA will follow through on current speculation that an interest rate cut will be announced next month. The NAB Business Confidence Survey and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Consumer ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... sector re-emerged. Slowing growth in the UK, punctuated by a falling property market left the BoE no option but to hold interest rates steady 5 percent. The UK's housing troubles were underscored by the HBOS home prices index released overnight. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... 0.95 per cent, to 2,355.73. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed mixed on Thursday, with attention focused on interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, highlighting the dual threats of inflation and recession. Both central banks kept ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... days. "That's not unexpected given the very strong movement they had yesterday and in the wake of the expectation of interest rates coming down next month," he said. The financial sector's hangover brought the Commonwealth Bank of Australia down 54 cents ...

Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... is limited recourse to each of the assets and perfectly matches the underlying leases in terms of currency, term and interest rates. Accordingly, the Fund is not exposed to refinancing risk." IGAF is managed by Investec Bank (Australia) Limited and utilises ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... managing director of BlackRock Solutions, said the uniqueness of Impact Investing will give BlackRock's normally fixed interest oriented systems a significant push into the equity decision space. Fortin said this is why they intend rolling out the system ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... in the Labour Force report would reinforce gathering speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia is poised to cut interest rates as early as September. There was no major economic data out of the US last night but Wall Street closed higher helped ...