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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger as commodity prices rebounded with a vengeance on Friday, ensuring the resources sector should post a healthy rebound in the local trading session. With the market closed tomorrow for Anzac Day, trade ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as stronger base metal prices and a positive lead from US markets set the stage for another move to record highs today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was one point firmer ...

Daily economic update

The Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on domestic monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the RBA to keep the cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent when it announces its decision tomorrow. In overseas news ...

Weekly economic round-up

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will decide to keep interest rates steady at 5.5 per cent after its Board meets to deliberate on monetary policy tomorrow. Last week's domestic data releases has ensured this outcome and increased the probability ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as US markets provide a positive lead and the earnings season draws to a close. However, sharp weakness on some base and precious metals, as well as weaker oil prices, could lead to the ...

Lower risks from hedge fund strategies causing a rethink

... this product will appeal to many looking at ways to derive alpha and reduce risk." To support the introduction of the issue, Tom Whelan, GreenwichVan's chief executive officer, was recently in Australia working with investors interested in finding out ...

Life risk advisers endorse Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has been named the number one life risk provider according to the annual WA Taylor Report. In a survey involving around 1,480 life risk advisers, Zurich Australia bagged the top award in several categories including ...

Daily economic update

The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity stood at 4.1 per cent in December. This is above its long-term level of 3.7 per cent indicating a favourable growth outlook for the domestic economy in the coming months. However, reflecting ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger if futures levels are any measure despite a negative lead from Wall Street. US stocks fell on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the 14th ...

Door opens on IFRS - or is it the floodgates?

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
... Standards and agreed to re-open a debate on some of the basics of financial reporting, according to the UK Financial Times. Tom Jones, vice-chairman of the IASB, told the newspaper that standards-setters were preparing for a public debate about how assets ...