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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... depression, the jobless rate surged to 25 per cent. The Fed still has Q3 as an option - and hope and wish and pray that it'll be third time lucky. It'd better hope and wish and pray real hard for I don't think financial markets would tolerate a QE4. ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Group/PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) fell by 0.7 points in May to 47.7 - the third straight month that the index had been below the 50 expansion/contraction line. The stronger currency had also pointed Australian ...

Vision Super remains hopeful on Equip merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... benefit fund that has already come under pressure as members retire. "The assets of the Defined Benefit Plan represent a third of total assets-approximately $1.6 billion out of over $4.7 billion of Vision Super's total assets," said Brooks. "They are ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
One the myths of the internet age is that the web is for the young digitari while older Australians inhabit the analogue world. However, research contained in the 2011 Sensis Social Media Report reveals a fundamentally different picture. It found that ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... the new criteria it will use to rate the world's banking industry. It has said it will finalise the new methodology in the third quarter and implement it in the fourth quarter of this year. Changes to the Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment that ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
New Zealand's major banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Services on Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... consumer confidence rose unexpectedly this month and Americans' spending and income climbed in April, giving stocks their third straight day of gains on Friday. The market was still down slightly for the week. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... second is Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund, which invests in global non-investment grade senior secured syndicated loans and the third, Bentham High Yield Fund, specialising in global high yield bond markets. The latest edition of Raimaker's Mandate Chaser ...

Telstra Super slash fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Telstra Super to cut retail member fees by two-thirds in the new financial year as the fund continues its campaign to broaden member benefits. Starting from July 1 this year, Telstra Super Personal Plus members administration fees will be cut from 0.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... to a slowdown in manufacturing. After the markets closed, Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony reported its third annual loss in a row, but forecast a return to the black this year despite a huge online attack. The electronics giant closed ...