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Fund managers must raise benchmarks

The role of the active manager is not just to provide investors with above-benchmark returns but to keep raising those benchmarks, said Paul Fiani, head of Australian equities boutique fund Integrity. Passive managers have grown in popularity as one ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Monetary Policy the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its inflation forecasts for 2007/08, with core inflation set to remain above or near the top end of the RBA's 2 - 3 per cent target band until the end of 2009. The RBA expects inflation will peak at ...

Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... the past year." "By the March quarter of next year, both headline and underlying measures of inflation are likely to be above 3 per cent." The RBA board have been very cautious in their approach to monetary policy over the past few years, mindful of ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... pace in September and October. Downside risks to growth, however, have not dented core CPI, which has stubbornly remained above 2 per cent annually, meaning inflation is still a concern. Meanwhile, the Fed's rate cut to 4.5 per cent helped boost the ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... many of Australia's big banks have already already started to re-price rates across a range of consumer lending products above the RBA's official cash rate. While the odds of a November cash rate rise are increasing, the banks claim the credit crunch's ...

Shut up and drive

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Consumer demand has driven motor vehicle sales comfortably above the million mark, but while cars are cheaper consumers still feel that petrol prices are taking them for a ride. In spite of this, on the latest vehicle sales data, petrol guzzling SUV's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... index closed at 5,767.24 points, down 51.56 or 0.89 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.9 per cent, closing back above 17,000 on gains in high-tech shares such as Canon and a rebound in bank shares after several sessions of heavy selling. ...

Australia's growth spurt

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... Economic Activity, indicating the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months ahead, was 5.6 per cent in August, above its long-term trend of 4.3 per cent. The annualised growth rate of the Coincident Index was 4.5 per cent, which is also above ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... $13.66. NYMEX US crude oil futures ended higher for the sixth session in a row on Tuesday after extending an all-time high to above $88 per barrel. The rally remains fueled by by Turkey's troubles on its Iraqi border, strong speculative buying and supply ...

Another rabbit out of the hat

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... the election campaign yesterday with the announcement. The Government's new tax policy, with substantial tax cuts over and above those in the May Budget is largely targeted at low and middle-income earners. With the economy ticking along nicely for some ...