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Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... sure we'll get higher interest rates. Look at what's happening in China, India and other emerging countries. They've been raising interest rates almost forever to try to bring down inflation. Heck, even the European Central Bank - with all its problems ...

Unitholders ask ASIC/NSX to ban cap raising

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Premium Income Fund unitholders have requested regulatory bodies stop a planned capital raising, deeming the raising as 'unfair' to all unitholders. In a letter to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and National Stock Exchange ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... pointed straight at Comex and it's silver sniping. The exchange made it more - heaps more - expensive to trade SLV by raising its initial margin requirement. In just two weeks, the minimum amount of cash that must be deposited when trading silver has ...

Talent shortage needs attention

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... includes having flexible hours if they do have children to allow them to stay and contribute to the company while still raising a family. "This could be job share, running three or four day weeks or different hours but its more then just hours, it's ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... chiefs are today locked in high-level talks with Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten on a range of issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... listed in Australia were synthetic compared with 45 per cent in Europe. "The regulators in other markets are justified in raising these concerns," he said. "But it is not a problem for Australian investors." "Only two ETFs in Australia are swap-enhanced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... profits from early gains spurred by a Wall Street rally after Fed chief Ben Bernanke said the bank had no timetable for raising interest rates. The news from the Federal Reserve, however, sent the dollar tumbling against the euro although it held up ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... bold utterances by several Fed members preferring an early end to QE2 and/or ending the bond purchase programme and/or raising interest rates, there were no dissenters in last night's FOMC vote - zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Holdings, which went ex-entitlement on Friday, continued to struggle in the wake of an earnings downgrade and capital raising, falling 31 cents, or 1.24 per cent, to $24.62 after an almost 12 per cent slide on Thursday. "The inference is that there is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... in construction giant Leighton Holdings share price following a downgrade in its earnings guidance and proposed capital raising. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 26.8 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,884.2, its lowest close since April 1, when ...