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Daily economic update

Today's updates on Australian business conditions and retail activity reinforce current market thinking for steady domestic interest rates in the near term. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business conditions index fell to 11 in the fourth quarter ...

New EFTPOS puts bank in spotlight: First Data

First Data International has launched an integrated EFTPOS system that will likely prove popular to consumers and raise the standard for the kind of EFTPOS facilities that should be available in banks. The new system has a so-called 'Dynamic Currency ...

Bluestone Mortgages targets brokers with online application system

Bluestone Mortgages has launched an electronic application system designed squarely at brokers. The new electronic loan application systems, called BlueLink, according to Bluestone's General Manager Paul Oliver, is an online tool which will significantly ...

Active managers not outperforming: State Street

... once active fees are taken into account. When an investor can achieve an index return through a simple exchange-traded fund (EFT) for 29bps, or a low-cost managed index fund, taking an isolated punt on active management simply doesn't make sense. We ...

NZX gets into exchange-traded funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
... subsidiary NZX Funds Management. NZX has today taken over the operation and management of the NZ MidCap Index Fund (Midz) EFT from broker ABN AMRO Craigs. It has also agreed to acquire the rights to the NZX Australian MidCap Index Fund. NZX chief executive ...

Cash still king of ATMs - Reserve Bank

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
Australians withdrew $143 billion in cash over the past year, with automatic teller machines 13 times more popular than in-store EFTPOS terminals. A Reserve Bank analysis showed ATMs spat out $123 billion cash in 728,000 million transactions in the ...

NAB offers two new fixed-fee accounts to attract customers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2004
National Australia Bank (NAB) is launching two new savings accounts with fixed monthly fees, in what it says is a bid to attract new customers. These replace accounts where customers had to pay for each time they used EFTPOS or an ATM after a certain ...

Leap year boosts February retail figures: Cashcard

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
An extra day thanks to the leap year helped Australian retail spending levels nudge higher in February but the shortest month in the calendar remains the lowest one for turnover, research found. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed retail spending ...

September retail sales may fall: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
Australian retail sales may have fallen slightly in September although this was some consolidation after three months of strength, according to economists. Economists tip September retail trade figures, to be released on Monday, to fall marginally. ...

Retail sales edge higher by 1.1% during September

Retail sales across Australia has increased by 1.1 per cent during September, reflecting a continued strong consumer spending for the month according toe the financial services group Cashcard Australia's Retail Activity Index (RAI). "The Cashcard Retail ...