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Daily economic update

There were again no surprises in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement that its Board decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent after yesterday's meeting. Moderate economic growth and benign inflation pressures have ...

Seniors Week reminds planners to get in early

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
New South Wales Seniors Week, running from 2-9 April, has seen renewed calls for advisers to ramp up retirement planning for their clients, starting earlier and planning for longer. Financial services provider Asteron's head of technical services, Louise ...

Institutional investors drawn to developed markets: State Street

Developed markets such as Canada, Chile, Norway and Singapore have attracted the largest amount of fund inflows over the last week, suggesting a thematic shift from 'safety first' to 'leverage', according to the latest research note from State Street ...

Margin lenders bank on reputation not just rates

Investors are choosing margin lenders based on the lender's reputation not just on how much they charge, according to the latest survey from Investment Trends. In a comprehensive survey of over 2,900 investors, the Sydney-based research firm Investment ...

Daily economic update

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate overnight to 2.5 per cent from 2.25 per cent. The latest move marks the second rate hike in three months. At a press conference following its decision, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet ...

Macquarie property fund touts JV in the OC

Macquarie Office Trust (MOF), a listed property fund of Macquarie Bank, has touted a new joint venture with Californian property group, Maguire Properties, that they say will drive future growth from California. While MOF's 2005 half year results to ...

Returns follow resources through the roof: SelectingSuper

Superannuation and allocated pension fund members' returns are following the buoyant path of resources stocks, clocking up a strong performance over the 31 December calendar year. According to the latest SelectingSuper performance index, members received ...

Vanguard gains all stars: Navigator

Index manager Vanguard notched a five-star rating, the only fund manager to do so out of 15 based on the latest property sector review by Navigator Research. "The key attraction of the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund is the low cost exposure ...

S&P react to TOWER PrefSure deal

S&P ratings services (S&P) have reacted to yesterday's announcement that TOWER group (TOWER) has bought PrefSure Life Ltd (PrefSure) to shore up and grow their master trust and life insurance business. S&P have left TOWER's ratings unchanged for now ...

Alternative investing steadily going mainstream: JANA

Leading asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers told a press conference this week that 'alternative thinking' and 'alternative investments' are fast becoming an essential part of mainstream investing. "Increasingly, alternative investments are not ...