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FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Oughta Know with just as much fury as the original. Held at The Ivy, this year's Rockstar event saw FICAP reach its goal of raising $1 million for charity by 2016. Proceeds will be distributed between The Shepherd Centre, Redkite's Support a Young Person ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Charles Evans in London: "Economic conditions are likely to evolve in a way such that it will be appropriate to hold off on raising short-term rates until 2016." Thursday, 26 March: St Louis Fed pres James Bullard in Frankfurt: "Now may be a good time ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... months on the job, the unemployment rate breached the BOE's targeted 7.0% rate (6.9% in January 2014) for when it'll start raising interest rates. Mark Carney's "it's a threshold, not a trigger" just over a year ago changed all that and moved interest ...

US bond investors fund Australian wind farm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... currencies, the Brazilian real had been on a steady decline since peaking at around 2.20 reals per US dollar despite the BCB raising its benchmark target SELIC rate five times since April. The central bank has steadily lifted interest rates since the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Street stocks have surged after the Federal Reserve trimmed its US economic forecast and signalled a cautious approach to raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday advanced 227.11 points (1.27 per cent) to 18,076.19. The broad-based ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... the BOE continues to maintain the ceiling of its asset buying programme at A£375 billion, mind you. The Fed could start raising the fed funds rate in June or July or August or September this year or January 2016. It doesn't matter. What matters is it ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... US dollar on course for the moon, eroding corporate profits (through reduced competitiveness and translation effects), raising the risk of deflation that encourages consumers to defer spending (until prices cheapen some more), that weakens business sales ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... potential," he said. The offer is expected to open on 27 March 2015 and will close on 5 May 2015, with a minimum capital raising of $50 million and a maximum of $160 million. The offer is managed by joint lead managers Lonsec, Macquarie Capital Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Australian market looks set to open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...