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Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... things being equal, that's likely to impede the adjustment process for the Australian dollar," Bruten said. "We think the Aussie dollar should be a lot lower than it is, but the adjustment process is being held up by global forces. That puts the onus ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... several local data releases and trading volumes are limited, partly because of Melbourne Cup," he said. "However, the falling Aussie dollar is a positive for stocks which have a lot of foreign earnings such as the mining and retail stocks." The Australian ...

Manage super on the go with new Wealthtrac app

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Platform and wrap provider Wealthtrac has launched a new app for its wrap product that allows members to monitor their super on their mobile device. Wealthtrac chief executive Matt Johnson said the app recognised the shift occurring in the delivery ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... drive Australia's growth as low as 2 per cent next year, allowing interest rate cuts and a 20 per cent devaluation in the Aussie, according to a prestigious global forecaster", reports The Age. "The Australian dollar is likely to weaken to below US75Ac ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... selling in response to the weaker Australian dollar," he said. "The problem for overseas' investors is that a weakening Aussie significantly reduces the value of their stock." He said the Chinese stimulus package had failed to allay concerns about Australia's ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... depreciation from this year's high of US$0.9482. It's recovered to US$0.9160 as I type. The list of suspects for shooting the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, down, down, down all appear as guilty as hellboy: Sliding iron ore prices, weakening China - that could ...

Aussie bitcoin platform launches in UAE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Australian company igot has launched a bitcoin exchange online platform in the United Arab Emirates. The company claimed the new platform will allow ex-pats living in the UAE but sending money out of the country to save up to 7 or 8% in international ...