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AustSafe launches new pension products

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... products also feature a new fee structure, cutting fees by an average of 26 per cent. AustSafe Super chief executive Craig Stevens said the fee reduction came from increased demand. "With the growth of AustSafe Super Pensions and increased demand for ...

Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... this morning an increase in the cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent. In a press statement, RBA governor Glenn Stevens said, "Inflation in Australia has increased. Underlying inflation was 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and close to 3 ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... have been gambling on a Reserve Bank reluctance to raise interest rates during the election, Reserve bank Governor Glenn Stevens recently reiterated that additional restraint may be welcome "given the macroeconomic situation of the Australian economy ...

AustSafe redeems and goes to Paradice

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... million from Paradice's Small Cap fund to their existing Paradice mid caps investment. AustSafe Super chief executive Craig Stevens said, "The trustee takes an active view in relation to the performance of managers, and these changes are seen as adding ...

Credit crunch shows banks still lead the system

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... institutional investors are still as a group too weak to not require banks to lead them, said Reserve Bank governor are Glenn Stevens in a speech yesterday. "When investor attitudes changed abruptly in early August, asset-backed commercial paper markets ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... recent weeks leading some investors with exposure, and others with none, to become defensive. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, had raised concerns over local councils' heavy investments in the same type of Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs) ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... securities." Nonetheless it is no secret that these types of securities come with increased risk. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, last month raised concerns over local councils' heavy investment in the same type of Collateralised Debt Obligations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... Index was up 10 points at 5710 on the Sydney futures exchange. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. The Housing ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent - our highest cash rate since November 1996. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, highlighted that economic conditions such as high capacity utilisation, strong business and household confidence, strengthening ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... not appropriate as a long-term investment for the bulk of a worker's retirement assets," said ICI president, Paul Schott Stevens. "One thing is as certain as death and taxes: any investment product that essentially guarantees it won't lose value cannot ...