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Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
The Australian equity market slumped yesterday, dragged down by a sell-off in the Financials sector after ANZ announced increased provisioning for bad debts would hit its earnings. In making the announcement, ANZ Chief Executive Mike Smith said that ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
APRA will consult with industry players on proposals to change the format of its all-important statistics on super fund performance so the public can make more informed choices about who should manage their retirement savings. Every three months, the ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Domestic financial market activity will remain cautious this week with sentiment precariously balanced between the weekend's positive US economic news and further NAB-like announcements on the fallout of the US subprime mess on its balance sheet. Top-tier ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... Research reported that German business confidence fell to 97.5 in July, down from both the 100.1 level expected and the 101.2 figure posted in June. This is the largest decline in seven years. French business confidence fell to 98 in July - the lowest ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
It will be a big day for the Australian financial markets today with the release of the CPI Report for the June quarter. Headline CPI is expected to show consumer prices rose by 1.3 percent in the quarter, matching the March quarter's rise. This will ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight The US housing market remains in a freefall. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts increased to 1066K in June, a month-on-month rise of 9.1 percent. This was better than market expectations for a 1.8 percent ...

BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... to walk away early rather than incur steady losses. BOQ declared impaired assets of $16 million at February 2008. That figure looks likely to climb, with a chunk of the trouble caused by the bank's loans to its own franchisees.

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Macroeconomic indicators set for release this week are not expected to deviate from the ongoing global theme of slowing growth and higher inflation. Australia Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens address on the "Challenges for Economic ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

Women dropping out of financial services

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... financial services industry grew from nine per cent in 1997 to 10 per cent today. Finsia chief executive Martin Fahy said that figure underlined the fact that the Australian economy was making a slow transition to high value-added service industries ...