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Government lifts deeming rates

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007

Higher returns across investment markets and higher interest rates have pushed the Federal Government to lift deeming rates for the first time in three years. Deeming rates will increase from 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent and from 5 per cent to 5.5 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007

... Friday as jitters persisted over the subprime mortgage market and increased consumer price inflation dampened hopes of interest-rate reductions. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.27 points to end at 12,110.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007

... Edey, warning that the outlook for inflation was still higher than ideal, strengthening expectations of a further rise in interest rates. Base metals were higher overnight so metals companies were generally reflecting that, helping cap some of the morning ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007

... contributed to the CPI move of 1.8 per cent over the last year. This helps explain why the European Central Bank has increased interest rates in the last few days.

Houses at half price

... find out more information about them. Broadly speaking, a shared equity product allows the borrower to make capital and interest payments on, say, 80 per cent of the purchase amount and share the equity or the upside of the remaining 20 per cent with ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007

... today with jobs data likely to point to a continuing tight labour market. The Reserve Bank of Australia may need to raise interest rates further later in the year if wage pressures fuel inflation, said Grange Securities research director Stephen Roberts. ...

Australian M&A activity surges to record high

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007

... buy into Australia reached $8.3 billion through 87 deals were up four-fold in the year, highlighting big international interest down under. "Foreign investors preferred to acquire Australian companies in the Media and Entertainment sector with deals ...

E-Trading goes platinum

... giant ICAP has launched an e-trading platform in platinum and palladium. The move comes on the back of growing market interest in electronic trading for other metals. The ICAP-owned EBS platform saw trading in precious metals go up 85 per cent last year ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007

... conditions and profitability are higher than long-tern averages. While the confidence index had fallen after the three interest rates hikes of last year, it has now risen by six points to 12 which is significantly above the long-term average of 8.5. ...

Daily economic round-up

... is now $223,700. The number of new dwellings purchased grew by 4.6 per cent which is further evidence that the halt in interest rate rises that occurred late last year is reflected in buoyed consumer confidence. The DEWR data for the fourth quarter of ...

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Another MWL adviser banned over Shield collapse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:20PM

ASIC has banned another MWL Financial adviser Nicole Niu from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for a period of five years.

Warakirri, LongView launch home equity strategy

MATTHEW WAI | 11:37AM

Warakirri Asset Management and LongView are partnering to bring a new shared equity co-investment fund exclusively to wholesale investors seeking access to Australia's residential property market.

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:03PM

EQT AB has sweetened its offer bid for Perpetual, after the financial services firm rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from the Swedish private equity giant earlier in the month.

Igneo opens private infrastructure strategy to advised investors

VINNY VUCAGO | 11:55AM

Igneo Infrastructure Partners has launched its first private infrastructure fund for advised and wholesale investors in Australia.

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