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Members Equity to offer super banking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... five million members. According to Rainmaker Information, the bank also manages roughly $16.9 billion in domestic fixed interest. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker Information associate director of research, said consumers tend to find the ways they're forced ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... quarter therefore seems guaranteed, with some hopeful for a cut as early as July. The futures markets put the benchmark interest rate at 7 per cent for this time next year compared to 8.25 per cent today. Weaker domestic demand is also likely to reduce ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... approaching, and there could be some more selling from investors seeking to reduce their capital gains tax. "A chance of an interest rate hike is looming and there is also growing global inflation putting pressure on earnings." National Australia Bank ...

SMSFs take up instalment warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... the aggressive marketing techniques used by some product providers. "When the ATO came out about the crystallisation of interest that held people back a bit as they may have thought; 'maybe they're going to do something', I think we've moved on from ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... run. And if that wasn't enough, president of OPEC Chakib Khelil is widely reported to have said ironically that rising interest rates in Europe could send oil prices spiralling up another 20 per cent to US$170 within months. But the final sting has to ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Sunsuper awarded Everest Babcock & Brown a $200 million mandate to construct an absolute return fund for the super fund. Jeremy Reid, Everest Babcock & Brown chief executive, said the Sunsuper mandate represented the firm's first Australian institutional ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... perform well at noon following a strong lead from the financial sector and the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave left interest rates unchanged. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 78.3 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 5,316.1 while ...

New multi-managers challenge incumbents: S&P

The latest S&P review of multi-managers in alternative strategies shows that a new batch of fund managers are coming to the fore as investors change the rulebook on what fund products are great and what aren't. The report found there are more overseas ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... moderating sales growth (from slower household spending), higher debt servicing costs (due to the associated rise in interest rates) and increased operating costs (including transport and production costs)," he said. This means corporate profits have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...