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S&P downgrades CDOs after automotive default

After a comprehensive collateralised debt obligation (CDO) review, S&P has downgraded the ratings of two Hong Kong synthetic CDOs following the default of a US automotive giant, while at the same time upgrading two Australian and New Zealand CDOs and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer, moving further into record territory as positive momentum from US stocks helps drive the local bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was 18 points firmer at 5046. On ...

Daily economic update

Australian manufacturing production is up in the March quarter, while new motor vehicles sales were down. The Australian Industry Group (AIG)/PriceWaterhouseCoopers(PwC) latest quarterly survey of Australian manufacturing production showed that companies ...

Platypus beefs up analyst team

Boutique local equities manager Platypus Asset Management has recruited an analyst and due to appoint another ahead of its planned expansion outside the wholesale market and into retail. Philip Pepe has joined Platypus as a senior analyst having worked ...

Daily economic update

Business investment continues to drive the Australian economy forward. This is established by today's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showing that real capital spending increased by a much larger-than-expected 9.2 per cent in the December ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and other international markets. US stocks climbed overnight, helped by stronger-than-expected earnings from heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. and a government ...

Daily economic update

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and financial markets will welcome the country's latest inflation figures. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that headline consumer prices rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter - less than ...

Optimum and REST the top performing allocated pensions: SelectingSuper

Optimum's diversified growth allocated pension fund and REST's diversified balanced allocated pension fund have topped their respective tables with returns of 16.5 per cent and 14.7 per cent over three years. The survey is another research first for ...

Daily Economic Update

Today's report of a fall in inflation expectations give credence to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's view that interest rates are on hold in the near term. The Melbourne Institute reported that Australian consumer expectations dipped to 4.6 ...

Business investments overtakes consumer spending

Today's economic data reports re-affirm consensus views that Australian business investment has become the major driving force in the economy, taking over the mantle from consumer spending and housing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported ...