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60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... institution or the US government itself sell anything gratis? By buying Treasuries the Fed is trying to raise the amount of bank reserves, hoping that those reserves eventually gets lent out. And money is the thing that gets lent out, money for Americans ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... the December share price index futures contract was nine points higher at 4,708. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its board meeting on monetary policy. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP have forecast the central bank ...

AMP won't be fifth banking pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... wealth management, albeit this includes deposits and mortgages as well as platforms and advice. Dunn said this will help AMP Bank but the merger is fundamentally about traditional wealth management. ''We'd like to over time grow that banking business ...

Perpetual settles over Mahogany

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... to secure the transaction for its investors. Litigation, involving Perpetual, Lehman Brothers, and Saphir's trustee, the Bank of New York Mellon, ensued, with courts on either side of the Atlantic providing opposing rulings. But now, after more than ...

Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... they expect inflation to remain stubbornly above the RBA's 2-3 per cent target range. As a result, they predict the central bank will be forced to raise rates by another 100 basis points over the course of the year, with the cash rate rising to 5.75 ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... week that its purchasing managers index continued to expand. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." The European Central Bank's announcement that it would provide unlimited liquidity to governments and financial institutions and backed it with concrete ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
The Australian market received generally positive leads from offshore trading on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0633 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was four points higher at 4,715. In economics news on Monday, TD Securities and the ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
A number of associations, trade unions and interest groups have banded together to push for better regulation in financial services. The newly formed Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFIN) is made up of various bodies including industry heavyweights ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... stronger-than-expected November sales results from US retailers and department stores. European markets also rose as the Europe Central Bank decided to continue stimulus measures in an effort to boost the Eurozone economy. "The stirrings of recovery ...

SG at 12pc will help Reserve manage inflation: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Former prime minister Paul Keating entered the debate over increasing SG to 12 per cent, arguing that it will help the Reserve Bank manage aggregate demand without raising interest rates. Keating, speaking on ABC television's Lateline program last night ...