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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... Wheeler surprised the market on Thursday by saying the next adjustment could be "either up or down". If the RBA cuts the cash rate on Tuesday the local market would go a lot higher, Mr K'Nell said. At 1200 AEDT Commonwealth Bank had lifted 79 cents to ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Probyn. Speaking about the fall in value of the Australian dollar, Eslake said that "the RBA is not going to cut the cash rate this year, but it will be as active as they have been in the money market last year." Despite the growing number of analysts ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... (must?) too. Why must our Canadian brethrens have all the fun? And besides, the RBA had been sitting on an unchanged 2.5% cash rate for 18 months now and indications are it has done bugger all for the economy of this land girth by sea... except for stoking ...

Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... well placed to provide investors, particularly retirees, with solid and stable income returns that are well above the cash rate." David Owen, chairman of Owenlaw Trust, who is retiring after 40 years of managing the business, said Australian Unity is ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is more likely to cut the cash rate than raise it in 2015, according to PIMCO head of portfolio management in Australia Robert Mead. While Mead said the most likely scenario in 2015 is that rates will stay where they ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Reserve Bank is increasingly likely to defy consensus and cut the official cash rate in 2015, according to global asset manager AllianceBernstein. Consensus expectations of a 2015 rate rise are based on the assumption that a downturn in resources ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Politburo could tolerate slowing growth) could ease.... and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would keep the official cash rate on ice "until 2016". I placed quotation marks on "until 2016" cause that's one of the main "ifs" Deutsche Bank chief economist ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The next revolution in superannuation must involve building a reliable retirement system that tackles market risk and longevity risk, according to QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan. Speaking at the opening session at the Association of Superannuation ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... where the odds are almost 100% that Gov Glenn would maintain the status quo on monetary policy and keep the official cash rate steady at 2.5%. The big picture shows that nothing much has really changed in the international and domestic economies since ...

YBR's cash fund receives new ratings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... consistent with our net 4% return after all fees over the last 12 months that compares favourably to the RBA's 2.5% cash rate."