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Cash becomes king with inflation on the up

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Yesterday's higher than expected Producer Price Index (PPI) has the market and some economists apprehensive about what tomorrow's Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures will signal for inflation, but it drives up the value of cash for fund managers. The ...

Lo-doc lending headaches

Are lo-doc loans too high maintenance? While the Big Four banks have all jumped on the lo-doc bandwagon, consulting firm Deloitte said other finance groups are starting to question the business model behind non-conforming loans. Lo-doc loans or non-conforming ...

Small caps can keep on delivering: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Pengana's Emerging Companies Fund has delivered another quarter of outperformance, despite a decline in the benchmark and not being leveraged to the resources growth story, and the group sees no reason for that performance to fall off any time soon. ...

CIOs lacking in IQ: Deloitte

The explosion of data and reporting requirements have prompted over two-thirds of large companies in Australia and NZ to hike up their IT spend and improve their company's 'information quality' or IQ, according to a Deloitte research. In a survey exploring ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
US producer prices increased by 0.2 per cent in May, lower than market expectations for a 0.4 per cent rise. However, the core PPI rate - which excludes food and energy - went up by a larger than expected 0.3 per cent. Year-on-year, headline PPI is ...

Self-congratulatory advisers still ignoring lower end market

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... that most advice is sought when people approach retirement. And while an audience poll blamed "a few rogues" and "media beat ups" as the predominant reasons advisers are facing their current crises of confidence and poor reputation, Powell said they ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
... twice." "They are too greedy for their own good, and it will accelerate their downfall," he said. "I feel sorry for start-ups, because they cannot afford their fees. They are learning lessons from Woolworths." Collins added that there is "an elephant ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

More control over currency: SSgA

Super funds unsure of whether they should hedge or not hedge can get the best of both worlds through State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) newly launched hedging product. Called the Dynamic Strategic Hedging program, SSgA said it offers a 'middle ground' ...