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Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... worried about Italy's ability to repay its near a,-2 trillion of outstanding debt. As a result investors demand higher interest rates on Italian bonds, making them even more concerned about Italy's ability to repay," said chief investment officer Andrew ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... figures for October and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its November 1 board meeting and interest rate decision. In equities news, Perpetual Investments resources holds a briefing, while Infrastructure Australia chairman ...

Macquarie Specialist Investments launches Macquarie Step

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... and portfolio diversification" Macquarie Step doesn't charge ongoing management fees, and investors don't have to make interest payments. They can also use their own capital to invest, with a minimum investment of $20,0000. "Cash may not be a suitable ...

Morgan Stanley slapped with US $1 million fine

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... (FINRA) has also ordered Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to pay customers $371,000 in restitution and interest. According to FINRA, the firm charged markups and markdowns raging from under five per cent to 13.8 %, which it said were too ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... 6.659 per cent, holding below the danger level of 7.0 per cent seen at the height of the government crisis this week. Interest rates of about 7.0 per cent are widely considered to be too high for Italy to finance its public deficit and carry its debt ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Australian dollar fall a lot, which will help to stimulate the Australian economy, and then assuming the reserve bank has interest rates where they are now, they can cut them a lot and that will redirect demand from the external to the domestic sector." ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... billion euros ($A6.7 billion) in 12-month Treasury bills in a closely watched auction which at least attracted substantial interest. Italian borrowing rates on the secondary bond market exceeding seven per cent on Wednesday are too high for Rome to be ...

Constructing a fund governance roadmap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Proper management of conflicts of interest and conflicts of duty are key elements of a high standard fund governance roadmap, delegates at the 2011 ASFA conference were told. Danielle Press, chief executive of Equip Super and soon to be merged fund ...

European DC Pension market to hit A$3.7tr by 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... by defined benefit plans, defined contribution assets are "stickier" and are growing faster. Making these of special interest to money managers is they are real funds containing actual money, as distinct from DB and government funds that are funded by ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... against the pound that profited, UK's economy also resumed growing, free from the shackles of the German Bundesbank's high interest rate regime. Given this history, I, me and Irene should be celebrating the collapse of the Eurozone instead... complete ...