Home prices fall again in August

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House Prices The RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Australian Home Value Index – the largest property database in Australia – reported that home prices fell by 0.2 per cent seasonally adjusted terms... Read more continue reading

Baby-boom! Migration levels ease

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Population statistics Australia’s population grew by 403,082 people over the year to March. Population growth consolidated, increasing by 1.8 per cent over the past year, however continuing to ease from... Read more continue reading

Petrol to fall as wholesale price hits 11-month low

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Petrol price Petrol prices have risen for the second consecutive week. The Australian Institute of Petroleum reports that the average Australian petrol price rose by 0.5 cents a litre last... Read more continue reading

Lonsec releases Australian and Global Equity Responsible Investment sector review

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Lonsec’s annual Review of Responsible Investment Funds covered seven Australian equity and three global equity funds. Lonsec awarded its premier ‘Highly Recommended’ rating to two Australian Equity Funds – BT... Read more continue reading

Magnitude tackles the future at fifth annual conference

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Magnitude will hold their fifth annual conference this week with the dealer group tackling the future under the conference theme, “Swing of the Pendulum,” against the backdrop of Byron Bay.... Read more continue reading

MLC appoints Stuart Keighran to new role

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  MLC has further expanded its investment management team with the appointment of Stuart Keighran to a newly created role of Portfolio Manager, Property and Unlisted Assets. Stuart takes responsibility... Read more continue reading

Budget outcome: Better than expected… again

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Federal budget update The Federal Budget deficit stood at $54.8 billion in 2009/10 (4.2 per cent of GDP), an improvement of $2.3 billion on the estimate made just four months... Read more continue reading

Cash holdings rise to record highs

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The proportion of super funds (pension funds) assets held in cash rose from 14.3 per cent to 15 per cent in the June quarter, well above the decade average of... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week While the risk of a double dip back into recession may be waning, the prospect of sub-par growth in key developed countries suggests that... Read more continue reading

Investor Signposts: Week Beginning September 26 2010

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The big picture Finally one of the great myths has been debunked. The Reserve Bank has finally acknowledged that housing affordability is not a major problem in Australia. Neither is... Read more continue reading