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Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... to fall below the 2.0 percent target in two years if policy is unchanged. Today's domestic financial market activity will focus on Australian average weekly wages and consumer inflation expectations.

Comm Bank halts ABN AMRO talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... shareholders to proceed with the acquisition in this environment," the statement said. "The Bank will continue to fully focus its efforts in the institutional banking and markets area on further organic growth and on being a leading provider of a full ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

Telstra Super FP hires Coin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $10 billion Telstra Super's financial planning arm has signed on Coin Software to be its software provider. Telstra Super Financial Planning's general manager, Steve Grinter, said the business required continual development of its existing Statement ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... higher inflation - and therefore, will provide little guidance on the short term direction of US interest rates. Markets will focus on reports on advance retail sales, July CPI and the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index and industrial ...

Deloitte hires Mercer UK for pension admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... said Mindell. "At the customer service level we are making ongoing investment in technology but training is a particular focus for us at the moment."

nabInvest buys stake in Singapore REIT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
NAB's investment arm, nabInvest, sets its sights on Singapore's growing real estate investment trust (REIT) market when it formed a joint venture with Singapore-based real estate manager Oxley Capital to buy a stake in Cambridge Industrial Trust (CIT). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today as recent US optimism ebbed and oil reversed its recent decline. At 0732 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 58 points lower at 4,917. ...

Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... high fuel prices and weakening economic conditions in certain regions is challenging for airlines around the world. Our focus remains on sourcing good quality assets and sound credit counterparties. Meanwhile Michael Weiss, IGAF's London-based chief ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... largely by competition, increased scale and improved organizational efficiency. In times of low returns, investors will focus on the fees they are paying," said Slade.