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Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... in addition to accepting part of Bell's counter appeal that the trial judge erred in calculations and that damages and interest awarded should be higher, thereby increasing the amount to a total likely to be in the order of $3 billion. The banks have ...

ISN calls for fast trading moratorium

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... carefully studied by ASIC, and when the benefits of technology could be brought to bear for all investors in the public interest, not just a small subset of traders, said May.

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... reports that the Coalition was considering reining in the superannuation rebate for low income earners. The issue welfare interest groups want addressed is that high income earners receive much higher taxation benefits than low income earners by virtue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... after the Federal Reserve said it would buy $US40 billion of mortgage-backed securities a month, to push down long-term interest rates and stimulate growth After trading flat before the Fed's quantitative easing (QE3) announcement, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... QE3. The United States' central bank will purchase $US40 billion a month in mortgage-backed bonds to drag down long-term interest rates, and boost employment figures. "Obviously markets have reacted. All the so called risk-on assets have responded, but ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... longer-term securities by about $85 billion each month through the end of the year, should put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative. The Committee ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... Thursday (US time) said it would buy $US40 million worth of mortgage-backed securities a month in a bid to lower long-term interest rates, which the Fed hopes will spur borrowing and spending. Locally, no major economic news is expected on Friday. In ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... project funding, with 86% of total issuances in 2011 flowing from sovereign linked entities. Despite the upsurge of global interest in Islamic debt post-GFC, Sukuk issuance platforms are currently proprietary to a few Islamic institutions, which the ...

Concentrated portfolios can benefit HNW

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Private investors who are not concerned with a deviation from global indices can benefit from a concentrated equities portfolio, said Private Portfolio Managers (PPM). "Many high net worth (HNW) and family offices find it difficult to access international ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... tomorrow, according to almost two-thirds of economists in a Bloomberg survey, while also extending the duration of its zero-interest-rate policy into 2015." In a few hours all will be revealed.