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House prices volatile but chance of big fall lesson

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Volatility is now beginning to show in house prices in Sydney and Melbourne but the chance of significant price falls is diminishing, according to RP Data/Rismark International. Recent fluctuations in the capital growth rates, where growth rates move ...

Principal Global expands insto sales

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... growing our presence in Australia in the core capability areas of equities, real estate and fixed income management," said Alex FranASois, Principal Global Investors (Australia) head of sales and marketing. In December last year, the firm appointed former ...

Retail spending stays flat during April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Total retail turnover maintained its near-zero growth pattern during April, reinforcing earlier trend figures that retail spending is no longer increasing as the economy begins to slow down. According to the ABS, retail turnover during April was $20.1 ...

Infrastructure Australia should set national priorities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
The 2020 Summit final report has good news for infrastructure investors looking for directional certainty. The 399 page report lists three big ideas to help Australian investors build new infrastructure that should influence government policy around ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Australia's largest publicly listed companies meet most best practice guidelines for corporate governance even though full independence remains a major challenge. "Overall the corporate governance structures for the top 20 companies by market capitalisation ...

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Australia's emission trading scheme (AETS) due to come online in just two years could add 14 cents to the cost of a litre of fuel and radically alter the balance sheets of Australian companies. "Until we know the details of the scheme we won't know ...

Super savings on track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Just as new research confirms that Australians are on track for a retirement income equivalent to more than 90 per cent of average weekly earnings, concerns are growing about the damage rising inflation could have on these savings goals. AMP which has ...

QIC develops better anti-inflation strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Rising world inflation has sparked QIC to develop more innovative ways of insulating their investors from the negative impacts it will have on their long term savings. QIC noted that inflation is now moving into the fifth year of being above its long ...

Recovery in securitised assets mask long term problems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The amount of securitised assets recovered slightly in the March quarter to reach $264 billion but the bounce back masks bigger problems confronting the sector. Securitised assets during March increased 1.4 per cent however compared to the 4.5 per cent ...

Oil frenzy is storm before the calm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
Despite the speculative frenzy pushing the oil price to manic levels, the price is still expected to drop back in coming months. "With the surge in oil prices starting to look increasingly like a speculative mania further increases are likely in the ...