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Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... to reduce spending by up to a,-4bn per annum by freezing pensions and lifting the retirement age. It might not - with interest rates on its long-term borrowings falling, there is lesser pressure on the government to request for a bailout - and the stigma ...

AUI appoints fourth investment specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... billion in funds under management, and offers a range of investment funds in domestic and international equities, fixed interest, mortgages and property.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... for a bailout. Spain borrowed 4.799 billion euros ($A6.01 billion) in bond auctions on Thursday, paying sharply reduced interest rates for the critical long maturity of 10 years. Spain, fighting to avoid having to seek rescue funding, placed its 10-year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... for a bailout. Spain borrowed 4.799 billion euros ($A6.01 billion) in bond auctions on Thursday, paying sharply reduced interest rates for the critical long maturity of 10 years. Spain, fighting to avoid having to seek rescue funding, placed its 10-year ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... superannuation performance, consumers can have the confidence that APRA's data is independent and free of any conflicts of interest," said AIST chief executive officer Fiona Reynolds. Reynolds said she hoped the new requirements for collection of data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... meeting it would boost an asset-purchasing fund by 10 trillion yen ($A122.98 billion) to 80 trillion yen while also keeping interest rates between zero and 0.1 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed up 1.16 per cent higher, a four-and-a-half month ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... brokerage business was formed in January 2005 and offers energy products, FX options, futures, Australian and New Zealand interest rates swaps, Australian government bonds and other over-the-counter transactions. BGC primarily services wholesale financial ...

Retail MySuper to put NFPs on back foot

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
MySuper will result in a flip in market dynamics, with the retail sector producing the cheapest default products and industry funds forced to a defensive stance on costs, a former Future Fund boss has warned. Labelling ING Direct's newly launched Living ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... unemployment would have to hit at least 7% before it had any material impact on the housing market valuations. On the interest rate front, Davies expects the RBA to keep rates on hold at current levels when it meets early November, in the anticipation ...