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Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Cormann entered the fracas by suggesting prime minister Julia Gillard "should stop treating peoples' retirement savings like an ATM to fund her wasteful spending." Narev suggested that this sort of political points scoring was unhealthy for the Australian ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
We're almost there, close to finishing the first month of 2013...and it's been so far, so good. Wall Street has climbed to its highest level in seven years and most recent macro indicators, as well as US company profit reports, have been positive and ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... and for whom the cost of maintaining membership in a fund often exceeds the benefit," she said. "If someone left $200 in an ATM machine, they would drop everything and rush back to get it. Every day, Australians lose $3.8 million of superannuation."

Spanish bailout soured by upcoming Greek election

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Despite an agreement reached to bailout Spanish banks, renewed fears over a Greek exit from the eurozone have caused further uncertainty. "Although news that Spain has requested money to shore up its banking system has been regarded as a positive development... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following the positive lead from the US and European markets as optimism grows that Greece will complete its bond swap. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Let's talk about debt baby. D-E-B-T the four letters that's currently giving political leaders massive headaches, financial markets their jitters and gold its shine. With only two weeks to go before the debt ceiling blows up and bites their collective ...

Bank reaches for industry fund members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... loan package for members of industry funds and unions with a variable mortgage rate of 7.09 per cent, an offset account with ATM access, a credit card and an option to fix for three years at 7.25 per cent at no extra cost. While non-bank lenders such ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Thousands of financial advisers will have access to direct equity trading through the North platform after upgrades to its Bluedoor software engine go live on Monday. The new Bluedoor upgrade was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the ...

Westpac launches Bank of Victoria

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
St.George bank branches in Victoria are renamed Bank of Melbourne giving the Westpac subsidiary a fresh identity within the state. Westpac will establish over 100 Bank of Melbourne branches and corporate banking centres over the next five years, as ...