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Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... pension reforms initiated as a condition of the austerity packages from the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank, the retirement age in Greece is still low and public replacement rates (the percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Greece tapped former central banker Lucas Papademos as interim prime minister and (amid) reports of the European Central Bank buying Italian and Spanish debt," said Scott Marcouiller of Wells Fargo Advisors. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... and/or boosting economic activity. If the Italian government's borrowing costs don't come down soon, the European Central Bank (ECB) may need to shop for more Italian bonds, or the EFSF would need to come into play - and definitely need to be expanded/leveraged ...

Antares launches inflation-linked fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Wholesale and institutional investors now have access to the new Antares Inflation Linked Bond Fund, launched by specialist manager Antares Fixed Income, in response to more investor demand in this asset class. While this class is traditionally occupied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... last week's eurozone rescue package. Investor confidence was also boosted by a surprise rate cut by the European Central Bank. Tokyo finished 1.86 per cent higher, or 160.98 points, at 8,801.40, Sydney jumped 2.62 per cent, or 109.3 points, to 4,281.1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... will start the country's economic recovery. Global markets also rallied on news of an interest cut by the European Central Bank (ECB). At 1219 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 95.1 points higher, or 2.28 per cent, at 4,266.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... turmoil to rack up solid gains on Thursday, helped by earnings reports, slightly improved jobs numbers and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 208.43 points (1.76 per cent) at 12,044.47. ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... action was Charles L. Evans, who supported additional policy accommodation at this time." In classic Fedspeak, the US central bank convinced both sides of the economic outlook divide: The economy is getting traction. "Information received since the Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... people", ahead of a Group of 20 meeting in France on Thursday where the issue was expected to top the agenda. Taiwan's central bank governor Perng Fai-nan was more blunt, saying the move was like "throwing a bomb to financial markets," Dow Jones Newswires ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... debilitating debt crisis traders have grown concerned about the lack of detail. The Australian dollar fell after the central bank said it was cutting interest rates for the first time in more than two years, with the unit dipping to 103.48 US cents from ...