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Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... for fixed income assets on a yield basis though they serve as a useful hedge," he explained. "Interest rate cuts from the RBA will cause a natural drift into equities as the risk-free rate comes under pressure and there will be pressure on company CFOs ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... to reach US$1.10 - due to US money printing and China's surprisingly high growth rates - despite the downward pressure the RBA is putting on the currency by lowering local interest rates. Where this will bite Australian investors is that the wall of ...

Super concessions cost $32bn in 2011-12

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 11% annual increase contrasts with inflation and GDP growth that is expected to be within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) mandated 2-3% band. Superannuation tax concession costs are comprised of $17bn associated with discounted taxation on fund ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... share price index futures contract was up seven points at 4,852. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) index of commodity prices for January is due out, as is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' producer prices indexes for ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... this morning's breakfast he told delegates that it could go as high as US$1.20 by the end of the year and warned that the RBA would cut the cash rate to 2% later this year. "De-leveraging has become a virtue and the traction of monetary policy will be ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... for Australia. Swannie has backed down on his promised surplus last month and yesterday's benign inflation figures give the RBA the rhyme and the reason to slash borrowing costs again if needed. Then there's the eurozone. They're still in recession yes ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... include the Australian dollar. The A$ is back above US$1.05 in overnight trade, notwithstanding increased bets for another RBA rate cut next month following a worse-than-expected Australian employment report. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... budget surplus after all. For where China goes, there Australia shall be too - particularly with the lagged effects of the RBA's 2012 interest rate reductions adding more oomph to domestic activity this year. Just think of all those yuans heading into ...

Above trend growth bodes well for commodities

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... September 2012 low. Assuming that rising commodity prices - now regarded as the 'new norm' - do support local incomes, the RBA may conclude that its easing phase is done, according to Paul Bloxham, HSBC chief economist (Australia/NZ). "We expect that ...

High rates saving Australia's economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... macroeconomic tools to stimulate their economy other than quantitative easing illustrates the folly in arguments that the RBA should follow suit and slash rates in Australia. If only the US had tried what we did and directly hand money to the electorate ...