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The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... unemployment forecasts, another kinder surprise would be forthcoming. PIMCO's Bill Gross thinks so too! Gross tweeted, "Next Jackson Hole in August will likely hint at QE3 / interest rate caps." Big Benny hinted as much. At his press conference last ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... are poised to launch new products that will enable advisers to build a balanced portfolio using only ETFs. "It's a massive hole in the ETF industry that needs to be filled. It will be a very positive thing for investors, because that downside protection ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... traders were spooked by a downgrade of Greece's credit rating and fears over how the eurozone can dig itself out of its debt hole. Sentiment was also hurt by preliminary data suggesting a slowdown in the Chinese economy, with the HSBC Purchasing Manager's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... fuel rods. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) "believes the container vessel has not sustained damage such as a hole, judging from the fact that the radiation level has not jumped," a spokesman for the country's nuclear safety authority said. ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
A large hole has been punched in the Japanese economy by Friday's earthquake, with super funds tightlipped on the possible impact of exposure and advisors looking to their portfolios. Professor Andrew O'Neil, director of the Griffith Asia Institute ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... have been all for nought. This is a positive indication that the mole of slow growth might finally be hammered back into its hole altogether. Strong economic growth provides optimism, sparking more spending, that leads to higher investment and more jobs. ...

New ETF player targets niche assets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... Australian dollar," he said. Corbett said there is still a lack of product choice in the Australian ETF market, and it is a hole the firm is trying to plug with specialist offerings. "The more choice you have, the more people will use them in their investment ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Hungarian government has effectively nationalised the private pensions of its citizens in an effort to plug holes in the country's finances. Confirming savers and foreign investors worst fears, the national economy minister, Gyorgy Matolcsy announced ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...