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FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... has been widely discussed over the past few months, especially following strong statements from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) showing concern that the funds' ability to borrow to buy property could be behind ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... his second job did demand that he worked harder than most regular 18-year-olds: "I got a job at the Reserve Bank of Australia and I had to study my degree at night", he says, and adds he has some regret because he missed "the good university years," ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... oil prices cooled and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba soared on strong sales. Locally on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Macquarie Group releases its full year results, and Alumina holds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... gave up all of its gains from earlier in the day to close flat after investors were downbeat about the Reserve Bank of Australia's assessment of the economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost one point, or 0.02 per cent, at 5,826.5. The broader All ...

Aviva launches first in range of new funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Return Fund is aiming to deliver returns of 5% per annum above the Reserve Bank of Australia base rate over any rolling three-year period. The fund's strategy was launched globally in July last year, and with about ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... strong - housing approvals are the latest domestic economic stats the men and women of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would have seen before they commence their deliberation on monetary policy this morning. Gov Glenn and et al would ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Getting hot, hot, hot. Betting on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would take down the official cash rate from a record low 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... market. The major banks are feeling the most pain as the market backs away from previous bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia would cut the cash rate on Tuesday, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "Once again we are seeing heavy losses among ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,783. In local economic news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases financial aggregates for March and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the international trade price indexes ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... negative for some healthcare stocks, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "The pricing out of a Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut appears to be having the biggest influence on the market today, in particular among the banks," he said. "It ...