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We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... further if that is what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. Speaking at the Women in Housing and Finance and Exchequer Club Joint Luncheon ...

US-Aust rates spread widens to 250 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... pushes the differential against Aussie rates to a near record high of 250 basis points and signals more turbulence for the AUD and jittery world share markets. The third US rate cut this year continues efforts by US monetary authorities to keep liquidity ...

APRA audit adds to bottomline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Super funds with transparent IT systems are more likely to pass random APRA audits and reduce their overall compliance costs, according to Panos Alexandratos, general manager at regulatory software company IQ Business Group. Alexandratos said institutions ...

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has rejected criticism by some financial planners that industry super funds are taking too long to process superannuation transfers. AIST's chief executive officer, Fiona Reynolds, said the ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

Financial messaging specialist SWIFT pushes corporate governance up a notch through an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy ...

US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... the US Fed won't artificially hold down rates for any longer than necessary then downward pressure on the USD may relax, the AUD will settle back to the mid-high 80 cent level, oil prices will calm down and the doomsayers may go back into the bunker. ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Profits from China's export boom continue driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but China's toxic toy story has taken on a new development that will likely impact its lucrative Christmas export trade. Manufacturing remains ...

Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Two in five companies are at risk of not fully complying with a new emission auditing law that will come into effect next year, according to a new study. A joint Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global research study found only one in five Australian ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... Fed's rate cut to 4.5 per cent helped boost the Aussie dollar to yet another 23-year high of US 0.9338 cents. Indeed, the AUD gained against all G10 currencies, especially versus the low yielding JPY and CHF, with gains against the yen surpassing the ...