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Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

State Street uploads Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
State Street has incorporated Charles River technology to provide real time market data and improve efficiency for Australian investors seeking more alternative asset classes. Paul Khoury, vice president and head of product services at State Street ...

Australia's growth spurt

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Everyone's working and everyone's shopping and that's what will keep driving our economy, according to data released yesterday on Australia's economic growth forecasts. Like a healthy teenager, Australia's economy is exceeding all expectations with ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
While the sub-prime meltdown has left the US economy bruised with housing oversupplied and house prices soggy, Australian housing is suffering from supply shortages and prices going through the roof. US economic growth has progressively slowed, where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker today, after US stocks dipped in light trading volume on Monday as investors locked in profits from Friday's record-setting rally. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Despite the doom and gloom coming from the mouths of former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan and Federal Reserve officials, Wall Street's record-breaking performance overnight jettisoned the Australian share market into uncharted territory at today's open. ...

Generation fund gets three-stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
The Generation Global Sustainability fund has received a three-star rating from Standard & Poor's and an "approved" recommendation from Zenith. The fund is distributed exclusively in Australia by Colonial First State (CFS). It is managed by US-based ...

Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
The US sub-prime crisis is stretching its tentacles across the globe and is starting to reach mortgage borrowers as far afield as Australia and in the UK. Not because these countries have a sub-prime problem per se but because the US wholesale credit ...

Perpetual rejigs wealth and asset mgmt arms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
Listed fund manager Perpetual has restructured its wealth and asset management divisions moulding them into five new units in line with the growing importance of the group's private client business. The five new business units are Australian equities ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has successfully prosecuted a Mount Eliza property developer for duping 49 investors in a property development out of $14 million. Melbourne Country Court sentenced former property developer ...