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Economic round up: Inflation climbing, can rates hold?

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
So far, Australia's economy has displayed a miraculous sponge-like ability to absorb demand pressures but for how long? According to Grange Securities chief economist, Steven Roberts, the economy is now looking "very stretched" and the RBA might drag ...

Clean, green profit machines

... sector was 60.5 per cent in the year to June 2007 versus the S&P/ASX 300 benchmark's 29.2 per cent over the same period. Stretch the time frame to five years and clean tech stocks are still the winners with an average return of 28.2 per cent versus the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... Index increased 6.69 points to conclude the day's trading at 2,572.15 in what was its fifth week of gains, its longest stretch of upward movement in 18 months. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares reached a new record high close for the year, gaining ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
With inflation at a two-year low most economists are tipping there's next to no chance the RBA will hatch an interest rate rise this month. In fact, Foxtel's business news was headlining that RBA rates were on hold, just hours after the CPI figures ...

38 per cent of US retirees like reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... 59. The result is a perilous double whammy: eight fewer years of earning power combined with eight additional years to stretch existing retirement savings." The survey also found that 36 per cent expect to keep working to boost retirement income, 32 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The Australian stockmarket continued to lose ground at noon with resources and banking stocks leading the way lower. At 1208 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 77.4 points at 5,708.6, while the all ordinaries had fallen 79.6 points to 5,695.6. ...

PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
PIMCO has created a new position of head of consultant relations in anticipation of a sharp upswing in interest for defensive asset classes from asset consultants. Kaylee Garden has been promoted to the newly created role of head of consultant relations ...

Zenith gives Centro the thumbs up

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
Zenith Investment Partners has given the Centro Direct Property Fund International a recommended rating after reviewing the product. The fund offers investors an estimated 7.2 per cent yield and 2.8 per cent capital growth through investments in over ...

Mercer unveils web-based compliance for super funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
Mercer has teamed up with compliance and risk management technology specialist InterTextual to develop a new web-based compliance solution for super funds. Mercer partnered with InterTextual in response to concerns raised by a number of its super fund ...

Party like it's 1999: Allianz Global

The predicted slowdown of global economic growth will focus attention back towards stocks which have been out of favour since the 1999 stockmarket bubble, according to RCM (UK), the Allianz Global Investors-owned equities specialist. Lucy MacDonald ...