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Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
High oil prices is causing inflation to rise to nearly 5 per cent but at least they helped convince the Reserve Bank to not lift interest rates. Yesterday the Reserve held off pushing rates above their 7.25 per cent benchmark level citing slowing domestic ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Asia Pacific sovereign bond issues, which slowed dramatically during 2007, have recovered lost ground with A$11 billion in new issues in the last six months. The rise is so strong that second quarter 2008 issues are up 43 per cent on the same time last ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Just as Australian fund managers turn their attention towards New Zealand as they try to take advantage of Kiwisaver and NZ Super, the land of the long white cloud has dipped into negative economic growth and looks set to fall into recession. "The New ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Less than a week after the Jeddah oil summit and oil prices have broken through the US$140 barrier, share markets have plunged and we are being warned the sub-prime fiasco still has two years left to run. And if that wasn't enough, president of OPEC ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
While wealth managers know all about what's driving energy prices and the science behind climate change, the missing question is what does it all mean for investors? Matthew Sherwood, senior manager for investment markets research at Perpetual, has ...

High Net Worth wealth tops $42tr

Lord Stern launches carbon ratings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
IDEAglobal Group, a company whose vice-chairman is Lord Stern, has just launched the Carbon Ratings Agency (CRA) service for investors and companies participating in the carbon market. The CRA ratings will operate similarly to credit ratings but focus ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Figures just released by the ABS confirm that Australia's population last year experienced in fastest growth in 36 years. The population is now 21.2 million after having increased by 331,900 last calendar year or 1.6 per cent. The population recovery ...

MMC recruits McLaughlin and Frost

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... number of years experience in funds management and research. McLaughlin will report directly to the firm's chief executive, Alex Hutchison and Frost will report to McLaughlin. "The appointment of investment professionals of the caliber of Justin McLaughlin ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
For a country that complains about paying record high oil prices, Australia is set to enjoy an export revenue bonanza as it exploits shortages in world food, commodities and resources. Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ...