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IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
What are they up to? What do they hope to accomplish? I am talking, of course, about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and our very own Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. What do they have in common? Both still have not learned their lessons. Both want ...

Super your stimulus package

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
"Boost your super with the Government's $900 handout" is becoming the catchphrase of superannuation funds as they encourage members to pour more into super. The $3 billion Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is urging its members to consider ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
I'll keep the change, thank you. With these words, the National Australia Bank hammered home the point of one of the G20 protesters' slogans, 'Bankers, rhyme with ?' Yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to reduce the official ...

GFC Problem solved

Game over. Problem solved! With a stroke of a pen and an extra US$1,000,000,000,000 the leaders of the G20 have ended the global financial crisis. Not so fast. The rally that started in the Asia Pacific time zone extended to Wall Street overnight, with ...

Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
European based fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) assets under management (AUM) grew 250 per cent to more than $62 billion in just under two years. The latest data from Deutsche Bank found fixed income ETFs grew from just under $18 billion to over ...

First corporate bond issue of 2009

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Australia's moribund corporate bond market showed signs of life this week when Australia Post launched a medium-term note issue. The issue will price later this week but the joint lead managers, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank, are confident that pricing ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Wall Street jumped again overnight but Main Street's mood has turned from nervous insouciance to outright outrage. Hip, hip, hurray! Wall Street greeted St. Patrick's Day with a 3.2 per cent rally in the S&P 500, a 2.5 per cent jump in the Dow and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon after a morning of fluctuation. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 3,246.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 0.4 point, or 0.01 per cent, to ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
A new report just released by Roy Morgan Research (RMR) reveals attempts to introduce competition into the superannuation market are not working. According to the report, only 3 per cent of super fund members have switched funds in the last twelve months ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
The government's decision to temporarily suspend the minimum draw down requirement for account-based pensions allows planners the ability to keep their client's money invested in the market. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...