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Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... the deposit rate down by 25 bps to 1.5% (the lowest on record); the reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses) effective 24 October - still unconfirmed ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Van Eck Global, Market Vectors said its Australian Equal Weight ETF (ASX: MVW), Gold Miners ETF (ASX: GDX), and Australian Banks ETF (ASX: MVB) each received the rating. Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron said the ratings come at a time ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... for even a millisecond that the ECB and the PBOC did what they did out of the goodness of their heart? Or that the central banks of the Eurozone and China were merely playing Kris Kringles to see if they can still move markets? Double-duh! What happened ...

AMP appoints ESG analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... was associate director of financials on the institutional desk. At AAP Securities she also advised large institutions on banks, insurers and diversified financials. Prior to this she was a senior analyst with corporate governance advisory service Ownership ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... (currently at minus 0.20%). b) a further reduction in the repo rate (currently at 0.05%) to negative - he has the central banks of the two "S's" of Europe - Switzerland and Sweden - as precedents. The SNB and the Riksbank have their key policy rates ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... attacking one system that is better for ordinary Australians simply to give a boost to another system which benefits wealthy banks. This is blatantly linked to the millions of dollars in political donations the Liberal party receives from the financial ...

NAB to offer mFund trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) is the first of the big four banks to offer ASX's mFund Settlement Service. Clients of NAB Asset Management, nabtrade and NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) will be able to trade mFunds at the end of the year. The announcement came ...

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... current process means consumers may be missing out on benefits of high performing funds, and leaving the door ajar for the banks to distribute sub-standard default products. "We've known for some years that the big banks are after everyone's super, and ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... Labor supports "the strengthening of bank capital requirements and David Murray's intention to have unquestionable stronger banks. "There are areas where we have said we want to work with the government, and there are some areas of disagreement where ...