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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Tuesday's 25 basis point interest rate rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), but previously had flagged increases above official rate movements.

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... returns since inception at 4.2 per cent per annum, below its stated aim of achieving returns of between 4.5 and 5.5 per cent above CPI, over the long term. The Future Fund's total assets, excluding its dwindling holdings in Telstra, rose to $65.9 billion ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... would be a key way to raise the issues the Coalition has on its agenda, some of which include banks raising interest rates above the RBA's and profits - topics Hockey raised in a statement late last week. And with the big banks increasingly deriving ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... unique status of the ASX means that, according to section 850C of the Financial Services Reform Bill, any ownership interest above a 15 per cent threshold will require the approval of the financial services minister Bill Shorten. This is in addition ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... extent, ends. Roy Morgan Research found that only 25 per cent out of 687 individuals from a general population of aged 14 and above rated ethics and honesty as "very high" or "high" among planners. Advisers have a steep wall to climb if they wanted to ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Not only that, "The capacity utilization rate for total industry edged down to 74.7 percent, a rate 4.2 percentage points above the rate from a year earlier but 5.9 percentage points below its average from 1972 to 2009." This marked the end of this measure's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... and copper lower, but precious metals were stronger. European markets also were mixed. The Australian dollar was holding above 99 US cents, but was off its highs of Thursday night when it appeared about to reach parity with the US dollar. On the Sydney ...

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... choices." According to a CHOICE report on what annoys Australian consumers the most, "hidden fees" is ranked number one, above poor customer service on handling warranty complaints and being put on hold when they call phone support.

Swan weighs in on currencies, promotes reform agenda

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... currency wars that are threatening to envelop global capital markets. "If the global recovery is going to be balanced, and above all if it is to be sustained, developing nations are going to have to see a faster rate of growth of domestic demand. At ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... cuts" come January next year. Oh, and he's also announced increasing income taxes for those earning US$250,000 per annum and above. There are many more "initiatives" being thought of in the name of reducing the deficit, but you get the picture. All of ...