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RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... provide forward guidance on the trajectory of interest rates. The words put in Governor Glen's mouth are that the official cash rate would remain at 2.5% because of latest indications - retail sales, housing, unemployment rate, AiG Performance of Manufacturing ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its November board meeting and decides on its cash rate position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases overseas arrivals and departure figures for September, while the ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... five-year highs yesterday. Hip, hip. We've got easy monetary policy here too you know. Record low interest rates - official cash rate at 2.5% -- that's boosting share and property prices. Surely, the wealth effect spawned from these should encourage ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... years of no change and more recently during the election when it called for deeming rates to remain in line with the cash rate, welcomed the move. "This will help some of the many who work hard at managing on a fixed income,'' the organisation's chief ...

Russell and Matrix outcome-focused funds achieve solid start

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... for the year to August 2013. This is well in excess of its official target objective - the Reserve Bank of Australia Cash Rate + 4.5%. Russell Investment managing director private client services Siva Sivakumaran said as the investment landscape grows ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... April) had fallen from 34% to 21%. This drop coincides with a drop on interest rates on term deposits, a flow-on from the cash rate cuts. ME Bank is currently offering interest rates on term deposits of 4% per annum. NAB is offering a special term deposit ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... fast enough to reverse the rising trend in the unemployment rate.A And this, even with the RBA cutting the official cash rate from 4.75% (October 2011) to a record low 2.5%. Tony! Tony! Tony!A He's our man, if he can't do it, Kevin can't! The fact is ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... else but the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy setting.A It decided to hold fire and keep the official cash rate at 2.5% after its Board meeting yesterday. Too soon to cut rates again after cutting it only last month or it doesn't want ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Tuesday was unlikely to have much of an impact on the market, because the central bank is widely expected to keep the cash rate on hold. Among the major banks at 1020 AEST, the National Australia Bank was up 19 cents at $33.04, ANZ rose five cents to ...

ClearView reports 92% drop in profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... disappointing figures down to "adverse term life insurance claims experience", loss of investment earnings due to a lower cash rate, dividend pay outs, and a higher effective tax rate. However, managing director Simon Swanson said that underlying NPAT ...