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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... confidence survey, disappointing increase in new home loans, bearish technicals, RBA jawboning (after all this time, Gov Glen's jaw finally worked?), and of course, of course, speculation that the Fed and the BOE's are going for liftoff sooner than you ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Former Treasury adviser Glen McCrea has been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Dimensional latest to join Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Global asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors has become the latest manager to join Calastone's automated global transaction network service. Calastone specialises in automating manual processes for the managed fund and superannuation sectors. Previously ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
"What do you know about medicine?" This was what the doctor I consulted asked me when I asked for a stronger dose of antibiotics to rid me of the bacterial bugs that have invaded my body a few months back. Well doc, I may not know about medicine as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after there were falls in commodity prices overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,576. Benchmark crude oil on Tuesday night fell ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
The Reserve Bank has again kept the cash rate unchanged, and is likely to do so for some time yet. The cash rate has now been at a record low of 2.5 per cent for 12 months. In a statement accompanying the RBA's August rate decision, governor Glenn Stevens ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as geopolitical worries weigh on sentiment. At 0811 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,496. Geopolitical concerns, with the ...