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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... high. While these figures indicate a slight downward movement, both business confidence and conditions remain at historically high levels. The ANZ job ads monthly survey showed a 1.9 per cent rise in March continuing the positive momentum seen in this ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... the Reserve Bank of Australia has noted that while household mortgage arrears are increasing, they still remain at historically low levels. Indeed in excess of half of the owner occupiers analysed were ahead in their payments. The RBA also reported the ...

Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... Mark Dutton, and therefore risks cannot be looked at as sector-specific or in isolation. Dutton said that whereas historically the world economy was the sum of its parts, at present it was operating as one integrated system. As such, it was impractical ...

Stenham wins best long-term FOHF

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... irrespective of market volatility," he explained. "Equity markets have performed well and interest rates have been historically low, how long this continues we don't know. As a rule, we stay away from leverage within our portfolio." Arenson visited Australia ...

MEB warns on reverse mortgages

... re-invest that amount in other assets, thereby giving their adviser twice the adviser fees. "The product has been abused historically overseas where clients would draw lump sums... but the companies now have compliance processes that monitor this product. ...

Don't put all your credit in one basket

... in 2006. Strong corporate balance sheets and low levels of gearing by corporates will see healthy cash flows and historically low default rates," said Gavin Goodhand, the group's fixed income portfolio manager. But he added that there is a risk that ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... but can be explained by fundamental asset allocation differences. "Many of the master trust default options have historically allocated more to equities than the not-for-profit funds. So in the recent strong equity markets the master trusts have performed ...

Rate rise drives home loan innovation

... Financial Services is still expecting to increase its lending by 25 per cent in the current year." "Relatively and historically speaking, rates are still low and many consumers are still entering the market or upgrading their current home," he explained. ...

Citigroup taps into migrant banking needs

... services to these countries and the customer can either do the transaction online or by going to a Citigroup branch. "Historically, cross-border consumer payments have been an area that has received little attention from the banking industry," said Todor. ...

Home equity needs to be part of retirement strategy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... imperative for key policy makers and the industry to broaden its perceptions and include housing equity," Martin said. "Historically home equity has been considered an illiquid asset. However, with increasing property values and the development of reverse ...