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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... 15 cents to $32.27. Telstra was down 1.5 cents to $5.385. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to the keep the cash rate at 2.25 per cent when it announces its decision at 1430 AEDT on Tuesday. All eyes will be on whether the central bank comments ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... has also added its Smarter Money Active Cash Fund, which targets returns that seek to outperform the RBA's official cash rate by taking advantage of investment opportunities within the Australian cash and fixed-income markets. The funds are offered by ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... there to be too much movement, as the RBA is not likely to change its stance." No change is expected to be made to the cash rate, and the bank is also expected to repeat its statement that the rate is set for a period of stability. Economic growth figures ...

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 ...

NGS launches income-focused retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... capital return before tax and fees above Australian inflation, plus an income return before tax and fees above the RBA cash rate, while having a priority of capital preservation over capital return and aiming to limit negative returns during poor investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... announcement and the full swing of earnings season. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP predict the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent on Tuesday. But, IG Market Analyst Stan Shamu says, investors are still cautious ahead of the announcement. ...

The 60-year-old investing idea that keeps on giving

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... Williams said that the interest rate profile of the Fund's assets is only partly sensitive to decreases in the official cash rate. "By targeting large numbers of small exposures to low (loan-to-valuation-ratios) LVR assets, diversified by geography and ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... ongoing growth but, in the near term, probably a little below trend". "It is in that context that the Board has left the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent for almost a year now." Governor Glenn noted that "for rates to have been stable for this long ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... floating-rate notes. Smarter Money has outperformed its official benchmark, which is the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate plus 1 per cent per annum since its inception in February 2012. YBR chief executive officer Matt Lawler said that with ...

YBR Smarter Money receives rating upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... of large super funds and investment platforms. Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler said that with the RBA cash rate at a record 2.5% low and banks seeking to tap cheaper wholesale bond markets for funding, depositors were finding it difficult ...