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The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... more store closures and retailers going into administration than I've seen over the past 30 years." The RBA "must" lower interest rates to counteract the de facto tightening in monetary setting resulting form the high dollar A. And with inflation on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... to open flat, despite positive moves on Wall Street overnight, after the Reserve Bank of Australia left the official interest rate on hold. NEW YORK - US stocks closed in positive territory on Tuesday, clawing back from losses after reports that Greece ...

CFSGAM secures $1.3 billion UniSuper mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been chosen by UniSuper to manage its $1.3 billion domestic fixed interest portfolio. The mandate is made up of government and semi-government bonds and was secured by competitive tender. Colonial First ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen while trading within a tight range ahead of a key Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 107.15, down from 107.25 on Monday afternoon. From ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... wound by a key..." -- Doll on a Music Box All eyes are fixed on the RBA today. Will they? Won't they? Make it three (interest rate cuts) for three (Board meetings)? As far as the financial markets are concerned, the key has been wound and we're just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... contract was up 15 points at 4,271. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board makes its interest rate decision at its monthly board meeting, and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association releases its performance ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... (RBA) meets on Tuesday for its monthly monetary policy meeting and decision on the cash rate. The RBA cut the official interest rate, by 25 basis points each time, in both of its last two meetings, bringing the cash rate to 4.25 per cent.

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... far as my database goes. But wait, financial markets now fret that the Fed might not make good on its promise to keep interest rates at exceptionally low levels "at least through to late 2014". So what I say? Better to pay higher interest rates with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... for an expected deal between Greece and its creditors. The eurozone nation is attempting to negotiate a lower rate of interest to avoid a default on its debt. "The talk is that a deal is very close so we could see some movement (of the Australian dollar). ...

Surging institutional interest in frontier markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
A new global equity model from MSCI-owned Barra is factoring in frontier markets, as institutional interest again returns to the subset of emerging markets. While interest in the markets dissipated during the global financial crisis in a flight from ...