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Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
A mini end of year share market rally may help super fund trustees breathe a little easier, but it's still too early to hail the return of a bull market, according to George Lucas, managing director with boutique funds manager Instreet Investment. However ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... said. "If you believe the economy is bubbling along near the bottom and is going to get better with further interest rate cuts, then the banks should do well." NAB said on Wednesday it would lower its standard variable mortgage rate by 20 basis points ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... that in the short-term, cash deposits are also likely to become a less attractive income-generating option with further rate cuts expected by the Reserve Bank of Australia, however this needed to be weighed up against the investor's ability to accept ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... deposits. According to the Multiport data, exposures to fixed interest holdings fell 25%. LaGreca added: "The five interest rate cuts in the last 12 months has reduced the attractiveness of fixed interest, which saw a sharp fall in allocation to this ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... this business next month." Some quarters have criticised the bank's mortgage lending arm for not passing Reserve Bank rate cuts onto the consumer. However, Smith dismissed the comments saying that ANZ had a duty to all of its customers, pointing out ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... released on Wednesday, shows that consumer confidence has risen slightly, but remains sluggish despite several cash rate cuts and a relatively solid economy. In equities news, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to deliver key speech at Conversation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower following interest rate cuts in Europe and China. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,156.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Lonsec: Australian equity markets ready to rebound

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... following the RBA's rate cut this week, according to research house Lonsec. "History shows that a period of successive rate cuts nearly always leads to a strong rally in Australian equities," said Bill Keenan Lonesec's, head of equity research. "The ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Chinese goods." Amid the 'risk on' approach, cyclical stocks regained favour, a move Liddell attributes to the two RBA rate cuts towards the end of 2011 and improving global growth prospects.

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... a key..." -- Doll on a Music Box All eyes are fixed on the RBA today. Will they? Won't they? Make it three (interest rate cuts) for three (Board meetings)? As far as the financial markets are concerned, the key has been wound and we're just now waiting ...