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Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... PAYG payments", notes a statement on the policy on the Coalition's website. "This will require only one payment to one agency - rather than multiple cheques to multiple superannuation funds. The ATO will be responsible for sending the money to superannuation ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's is reviewing its rating methods, a move likely to lead to downgrades not only of the Big Four banks but of Australia's entire banking industry. The ratings agency has been canvassing industry opinion from around the ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
New Zealand's major banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Services on Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... Moody's is the torchbearer on this one - warning of downgrades everywhere. But if you're going to believe one credit rating agency, you must also believe the others. Two of them - Fitch and S&P - were less pessimistic. Fitch commented that even a 50 ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
RBC Dexia Investor Services has opened its pan-Asian transfer agency platform in Thailand, meaning fund orders that once were faxed are now automated. The global service provider has opened its platform specifically for investment management client ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... investment - dropped by 2.6 per cent in the month. We can use "despite" too when referring to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's report showing that US house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 2.5 per cent in the March quarter - the 15th consecutive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... made modest gains, wtih London's FTSE rising 22.52 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 5858.41 points, despite credit ratings agency Moody's announcing it is reviewing 14 British banks for a possible downgrade. Moody's cited the diminishing prospect of more ...

Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... still suffering redemptions pressure, with investors subject to withdrawal restrictions on formerly frozen funds, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today. The research house said funds in its Australian Fixed Interest - Mortgages peer group were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... 1700 AEST on Friday, the local unit has traded between 106.10 US cents and 107.11 cents. On Friday night, Fitch Ratings Agency slashed Greece's credit ratings by three notches to B+ due to the massive challenges of correcting the country's finances and ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... normalising money policy settings. Following the end of QE2 next month, they'll stop reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities and return to holding "essentially only Treasury securities" -- if conditions don't ...