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Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... which tend to outperform cash alternatives in falling interest rate environments. The recent sharp reductions in the RBA Cash Rate and falling term deposit rates make high grade mortgage funds very attractive," he said. "The funds are invested in a conservative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting, when it is expected to lower the overnight cash rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 per cent. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia/Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry business ...

FIIG opens term deposit site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... mostly relied on the advertising campaigns of the major term deposit providers to access whether they're getting the best cash rate...these indices provide an easy point of comparison," said Justin McCarthy, the website's spokesperson. FIIG Securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket plunged again today, even after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut the official cash rate by a full percentage point to 6.5 per cent. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 92.059 points, or 3.175 per cent ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... stage of the cycle. But what's spearheading this latest development? Lawless claims the 100 basis points cut to the cash rate from 7 per cent to 6 per cent by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this week is the key motivator of this trend. In percentage ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Street overnight. The Reserve Bank of Australia's shock announcement of a 100 basis point reduction in the official cash rate to 6.0 per cent took market's by surprise and turned the domestic equity market's morning losses into gains. However, while ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... However, the RBA has only one critical decision to make - by how much does it need to CUT interest rates. With the official cash rate still at a 12-year high of 7 per cent, there is certainly more than sufficient scope for the RBA to slash interest rates ...

CHOICE selects top FHSAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... its list of criteria including whether the account offers an interest rate that matches or exceeds the Reserve Bank cash rate (currently 7 per cent), no account keeping fee and no switching fee. An ideal FHSA should also have no minimum deposit or regular ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... cent fall in June retail sales was one of the factors that sealed last week's 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate. At 3.2 per cent, the annual growth in retail spending has decelerated to its lowest level since November 2005 after peaking ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... investment product, has been playing on. The trust aims to provide investors with gross income returns in excess of the cash rate while minimising capital risk. How? It invests in the top 30 Australian listed companies to accumulate dividends and franking ...