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Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... still far from contemplating raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already lifted the official cash rate six time from 3.0 per cent last October to 4.5 per cent currently. China is also one of the reasons why there is a 74 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Zealand share market rallied from a weak start on a day in which investors watched the currency plunge and the official cash rate rise. When announcing the official cash rate was being lifted 25 basis points to 3 per cent, Reserve Bank governor Alan ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... central bank has already hiked twice since March this year. Just yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its cash rate to 2.75 per cent from 2.5 per cent - the first since 2007. Financial markets expect a further eight 25 basis points move ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... rising. Even the RBA which kept interest rates unchanged at 4.5 per cent yesterday is expected to continue lifting the cash rate when the dust of uncertainty in the financial markets settles. And it will. But in the meantime, prepare for more volatil ...

Alpha Fund Managers signs Amundi

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... short-term market anomalies across different asset classes. It aims for a 4 per cent outperformance above the local cash rate. Alpha Fund Managers manages more than $150 million in funds.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... uncertainty about the proposed mining tax continued to worry investors. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also raised the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, which was widely tipped by economists. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... nervous over the European debt crisis." The inflation report would add pressure on to the RBA to lift the overnight cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.50 per cent when its board meets next Tuesday, May 4, Mr Gibbs said. "The underlying measures are certainly ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... again lifted interest rates by another 25 bps - the fifth hike since October last year. We're now sitting at an official cash rate of 4.25 per cent - 125 bps more than the 3.0 per cent when the RBA brought the economy into the "emergency" ward to fend ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Australian stocks were almost one per cent higher at noon led by the major miners as investors await the central bank's cash rate decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.6 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,948.3, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... in ahead of the Reserve Bank's decision." Local economic data was expected to be the main focus this week. The RBA's cash rate decision looks set to be a close call - nine of the 15 economists surveyed by AAP last week expected the RBA to lift the cash ...