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The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... before the horses start running at 1500 hours, the financial markets would have had their Tuesday fix courtesy of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The RBA will announce its decision at 1430 hours. I would bet that betting on the RBA's decision on monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... AEDT, the December share price index contract was 17 points higher at 4,664 points. In economics news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its index of commodity prices for October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... traded. On the S&P/ASX 100 the best performer was Macquarie Group, up $1.19, or 3.44 per cent, at $35.74 after the investment bank's half year profit beat market expectations. Macquarie reversed recent losses on the back of September's warning its first ...

Macquarie beats expectations with interim results

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Macquarie Group posted half year net profits of $403 million this morning, a fall of 16 per cent on the prior half and 29 per cent on the prior year, but stronger than its previously issued guidance and market expectations. Macquarie Funds Group, the ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Financial Services Council (FSC) appoints Macquarie Bank executive, Peter Maher, as chairman after the former chair retires. Maher, Macquarie bank's head of banking and financial services group, will take on the role of chairman at the FSC as part of ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... dealers what they want for an early Christmas. The Fed survey sought these respondents' projections on how large the central bank's asset purchases should be over the next six months, how it would affect yields, how often they expect the Fed to re-assess ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... economics news on Friday, the Housing Industry Association releases data on new home sales in September, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues RBA financial aggregates data, also for September. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market was enjoying a "nice surge" after positive profit reports from National Australia Bank on Wednesday and ANZ on Thursday. "Banks as much as anything else will signal economic upturn," he said. "We've been wondering ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The most significant recommendation from the four major reviews in financial services comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller interview with Reuters and from his statement concluded that: "The Fed meets eight ...