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Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... 16 months have got back an average of 95 per cent of their balances. The industry had made a strong case that its only problem was a liquidity crunch but Colonial's move raises questions about asset quality as well. Another issue that has created a high ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... policy consequences that the review might have, citing the case of the introduction of the cane toad to solve a specific problem but ended up an ecological disaster. "The review treads a fine line of unintended consequences and its work will do its very ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... quarter, but slower than the 0.4 per cent in the third. Double-dip here we come? Saving Greece alone is not such a big problem. But where would European nations stop? Ireland? Portugal? Spain? UK? And oh speaking of the UK, one well-known Australian ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... puzzle that is the continued deterioration in their labour markets, it's looking like soon Australia would be facing a problem of a different kind. That is, how to find enough workers to service its expanding economy. From the mouths of 'experts': Dr ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... long for these protests to turn violent. This would further paralyse its already paralysed economy. Not good. Greece's problem would not have mattered much - it could be swallowed up by the Mediterranean and no one would blink an eye - but for the threat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... KONG - Hong Kong shares rose, taking its cues from the positive finish on Wall Street on hopes for a way out of the debt problem in Europe. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index advanced 131.94 points, or 0.67 per cent, to end at 19,922.22 points. Turnover ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
The Australian share market received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities and metals prices firmer. At 0815 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 40 points at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from overseas markets, with Wall Street's main indices themselves mixed but oil and metals prices higher. At 0650 AEDT the on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
The termination of the government guarantee on wholesale funding next month gives a strong signal that - as far as the Australian government is concerned - the financial crisis is over. But the move could pose new problems for financial services providers ...