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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the cash rate on hold at 6.25 per cent following its meeting yesterday. This may be seen as a consequence of the continued economic signals that the economy is neither starting to boil nor stagnating. ...

MEB warns on reverse mortgages

Members Equity Bank, the bank owned by super funds, has warned consumers against using reverse mortgage products, claiming that financial planners will use equity release-type products to boost their incomes. Trowbridge Deloitte conducted a study last ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

One of the longest property booms in Australian history will end by 2010, according to research house Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) based on its sector report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial ...

Ord Minnett STRIPES steps up the pace in Asia

Ord Minnett's STRIPES Asia Accelerator fund posted a 30 per cent gain over the past 12 months, proving that even though the 'Asia boom' story may be a well-worn theme the returns certainly aren't wearing out. STRIPES Asia Accelerator invests in five ...

Mercer unveils web-based compliance for super funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
Mercer has teamed up with compliance and risk management technology specialist InterTextual to develop a new web-based compliance solution for super funds. Mercer partnered with InterTextual in response to concerns raised by a number of its super fund ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
The just released National Australian Bank Monthly Business Survey for December 2006 has noted that although business conditions remain strong there has been some softening from the strong levels reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker ...

All is not lost

They say money don't grow on trees. Not unless it's unclaimed or lost super money which grew from $6 billion four years ago to $9.7 billion this year, according to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The ATO has launched an online service that allows people ...

SG at 9 per cent is enough: Watson Wyatt

A new study has dismissed calls that the current 9 per cent superannuation guarantee (SG) is not enough to fund retirement, saying the obsession around SG levels diverts the attention away from more realistic solutions to resolve the nation's purported ...

UK funds earn 8.8 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Mellon Analytical Solutions (MAS) estimates that the average UK pension fund returned 8.8 per cent for the year ending 31 December 2006, the fourth consecutive calendar year of positive investment performance. Over four years to December, Mellon said ...