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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 4,126. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases retail trade figures for May, while the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Australia announces its official interest rate decision following is monthly board meeting. Also, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases building approvals data for May and the Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey comes out. In equities ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released the results of the 2011 Census and they paint a picture of a nation changing positively and very rapidly. The census was conducted in August last year with 9 million dwellings and their 22.8 million ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... job cuts but closed 8.5 per cent weaker the following day. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release dwelling unit commencements for the March quarter and its international merchandise imports for May ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... share price index futures contract was up 26 points at 4,154. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release dwelling unit commencements for the March quarter and its international merchandise imports for May ...

SMSF establishments continue down trend

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... of self-managed super funds numbered 7,152 in the March quarter, according to the latest Australian Taxation Office statistics, continuing the decline in numbers from the quarterly peak of 10,434 in September 2011. The latest figures take the total number ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... of children under the age of 15 already regularly access the internet, notes analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Social Trends studies. As these younger consumers mature they will force super funds and wealth management service providers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 4,078. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new motor vehicle sales for May. No major equities news is expected, although Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson ...

Towers Watson expands Aus investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... research consultant in its Australian Investment business. Trollip, who holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) from the University of Auckland, joins the Australian Fixed Interest Manager Research Team from Melville Jessup Weaver, a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 45 points at 4,062. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASB) releases lending finance for April while National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for May is due out, and ...