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Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
While Australian exports are booming and industry is rolling along so well that their biggest complaint is why there is too little labour supply, our high current account deficit (CAD) means we are more vulnerable than we think, no matter how much we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell on scepticism about a plan by global central banks to revitalise credit markets. Metals in London were lower overnight. At 0809 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
While the sub-prime fiasco showcases how banks are still the crown jewel of the financial system, the expanding role of non-bank financiers is unstoppable and market regulators will eventually have to figure out a way to deal with this new reality. ...

Investors want to unpack asset-backed transactions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The securitisation industry needs to increase the level of transparency in its investor reporting to overcome scepticism about securitised products, the Reserve Bank has warned. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle told the annual conference of the Australian ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The bancassurance model is alive and well. The Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance business, Comminsure, has moved to do its own underwriting on its car insurance product because it believes it can get greater value out of its retail network ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
While US and European banks take an 'open-Kimono position' towards sub-prime losses, it's leaving Godzilla sized footprints on Japan's financial sector, crushing the $320 billion Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open softer as US broader markets slipped slightly as record US oil prices at $89.78 a barrel added to investors' concerns about the outlook for consumer and business spending. Base metals in London could were ...

Another rabbit out of the hat

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
On day one of the 'official' election campaign, the Howard government pulled one big rabbit out of the campaign hat with yet more tax cuts, this time to the tune of $34 billion over the next three years. No one voiced cynicism over the timing when Treasurer ...

NASDAQ casts net in the Middle East

NASDAQ and Dubai's stock exchange Borse Dubai are in talks to sign a series of deals which will see NASDAQ expand its footprint in the Middle East, shares in the London Stock Exchange to change hands and Borse Dubai to own a stake in one of the world's ...

CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

Commonwealth Bank-owned insurance giant CommInsure will reward around 40,000 of its clients with $1.2 billion in extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. The Loyalty Bonus Benefit scheme is for customers who have maintained their ...