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Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (11 - 15 Aug 2008) Key growth and inflation statistics from the major world economies will compete with the 29th Olympiad in Beijing in holding market attention this week. Australia: The week starts off with the release of ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Rudd Government's proposed policies on super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...

Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Anti-global warming schemes based on prescriptive emission targets and cross-country carbon trading are flawed and do not address long term climate change problems, said Reserve Bank director Warwick McKibbin. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Getting super contributions up to 15 per cent and pushing retirees to income streams is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The RBA did not disappoint market expectations and announced no change in the official interest rate of 7.25 percent while markets interpreted the RBA's accompanying statement as an indication that an interest rate reduction is in the offing. In its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to gain after US equities rose. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell overnight. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract was 88 points higher ...

V-Wrap sales sky rocket

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Praemium's online portfolio administration service, V-Wrap attracted a record number of new sales in the past two months, increasing by 20 and 30 per cent in June and July respectively compared to the same period's last year. Arthur Naoumidis, Praemium ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
London-based Henderson Global Investors has won a $275.2 million fixed income mandate from Cheshire County Council as administering authority for the Cheshire Pension Fund. According to a statement by HGI, the assets will be invested in the recently ...