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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... referendum on the European debt rescue package which had sent world markets into a tailspin. The surprise European Central Bank rate cut of a quarter of a percentage point sent stock markets soaring as investors tried to get ahead of the latest twists ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... cent from 3.04 per cent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - The surprise European Central Bank rate cut sent stock markets soaring as investors tried to get ahead of the latest Greek twists and turns in the eurozone debt crisis. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... over Middle East unrest and higher oil prices. The markets appear to have fully discounted an expected European Central Bank rate rise to 1.25 per cent from the record low 1.00 per cent where they have been since May 2009 in an effort to bolster the ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Fund managers are bullish on global equities for the rest of the year, according to research firm Towers Watson. The firm surveyed 141 investment managers around the world who make decisions on more than $16 trillion worth of assets under management. ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... lenders entering the home mortgage market saw spreads, the gap between actual mortgage rates and the official Reserve Bank rate, drop two-thirds from nearly 5 per cent to now less than 2 per cent. Fears are growing a reduction in competition from non-bank ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... better-than-expected US employment data. National Australia Bank strategists said stronger economic reports and central bank rate hikes were still setting the broader tone in interest rate markets. "These will remain the longer term influences, however ...

RBA board meeting brings mixed forecasts

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
... up 21% for the year. "On balance, we see today's trade and credit growth data as discouraging for a near-term Reserve Bank rate cut," Mr Thompson said. However Australian Business Ltd economist Jeff Schubert said the rising dollar would curb exports ...

Christian Super, Australian Baptist merge into $150 million fund

The Christian Super and Australian Baptist Retirement Fund today merged into a new $150 million fund and unveiled three new investment options for its 11,000 members, bringing the total number to eight. The enlarged fund, which will continue to be known ...
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