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Tough turkey for retirees this Christmas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
While the latest RBA rate cut is an early Christmas present to Australia's mortgage payers, retirees are in for a tougher festive period, says National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill. The Reserve Bank (RBA) cut the base rate to 3% yesterday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... senior adviser Stuart Smith said the strong prospects of some more interest rate relief from the central bank prior to Christmas had supported the market in early trade, extending gains from a positive finish on Monday. "It certainly looks like we should ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... deal before the end of the year," Mr Shamu said. "Obama even went as far as to say he hoped to have something done by Christmas. "That really did encourage investors to bid the market higher. "It's a headline risk market at the moment as investors continue ...

CareSuper to shed mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... both funds is worth approximately $3.4 billion. CareSuper does not need all these mandates, and it is expected that by Christmas this year the fund will decide which managers it no longer requires, said CareSuper chief executive Julie Lander. "We are ...

AUI calls it quits on two mortgage trusts

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... bank guarantee was introduced, said Pratt. AUI expects to make an initial payment to investors in the Trusts before Christmas of up to 10% of investors' capital, and to continue making regular payments on a six-monthly basis. The mortgage team will continue ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... purchases of new dwellings, established dwellings and construction of new dwellings. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, don't you think?

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
It's still many, many sleeps before Christmas yet last night seems to be "the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Financial markets generally marked time while we slept, unstirred by fresh ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... reversing the 0.1% increase in the previous month.. This might look like a teenie-weenie slip... but this happened at Christmas time for Christ's sake. If Australian's didn't spend on this gift-giving time of the year, when would they? Then again, perhaps ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... 2.6 per cent, to $70.56. Wesfarmers added 22 cents to $29.93 after its supermarket chain Coles reported its best ever Christmas sales in 2011, contributing to a 7.3 per cent rise in first-half sales to $17.5 billion. Rival Woolworths shed one cent to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... $30.25. "There's already been a lot of bad news priced in to the (retail) sector after the race to downgrade ahead of Christmas," Mr Herring said. "This could be a reasonable opportunity to buy in." Financial stocks were weaker after news that ratings ...