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Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... news. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index rose by 1.1 per cent in August - the third consecutive monthly increase. An extension of the US$8,000 first homebuyers tax credit that is currently being forged in the US Senate provides further welcome news ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Talk of the town. That's the RBA of course. At a time when other G-20 nations continue to debate the growth alphabet of their own recovery, Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... regulations, restrictions and measures to ensure the GFC does not happen ever again. Can't blame Wall Street - and by extension every other financial market around the globe - for playing the waiting game this week. Not when talks of exits are on the ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... or PDS without the consent of credit rating agencies themselves. The ability to cite ratings this way is seen as an extension of the copyright 'fair dealing' provisions which allows authors of news publications to cite statements of fact. ASIC said the ...

Fiducian improves online platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... reporting and client communication capabilities, additional online transacting, improved multi-browser capabilities, and an extension of the accounting data export functionality. Head of information technology, Alan Dunne said the accounting data export ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing survey gives me greater confidence that the US recovery, and by extension the world - will be V-shaped. The ISM manufacturing index shot past the 50 expansion/contraction mark, printing 52.9 in August ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... proposed National Credit Code. The Government also announced other timetable changes including an additional six-month extension for all credit providers to comply to additional requirements, including changes to paper and online-based disclosure documents. ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... between the negative and the positive, there is little doubt about the forward trajectory of the Australian economy and by extension, its equity market. Consensus expectations have been consistently revised over the past few months as indicators went ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... With the economic environment still challenging at best and recovery in a galaxy far, far away US equities - and by extension, equities everywhere else - would be hard pressed to justify let along sustain the strong gains of the past three days. The ...

QSuper upgrades member services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... changes kick in 1 July, said the fund in a media statement. QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan says the service extension has been released in response to strong demand from members who were previously unable to continue employer contributions to ...