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A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... its fastest in over three years - that may stoke inflation and prompt the Reserve Bank of Australia to add to its three interest-rate increases last year. This is just the starting block of the election campaign and there'll likely be another fist full ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points lower at 6304. After last night's relatively interest rate friendly federal budget, which introduces new spending initiatives and tax cuts, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Australian stocks had eased back at noon today after new highs were set locally yesterday and on the US market last night. Publishing and Broadcasting shares bucked the trend after announcing it would split its gaming and media interests into separate ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Community associations and sports clubs that group purchase insurance for members could be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... profit from services they provide and not the platform they are associated with. And clients should take a more active interest in the licensee behind the adviser," said Wise.

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Ask 100 economists to predict the direction of interest rates, economic growth and inflationary pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... the day," Ms Spencer said. She said that a lower inflation forecast from the Reserve Bank of Australia has made another interest rate rise unlikely. "Interest rates are on hold certainly for the near future, and similar news in the US," she said. "It ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... data reporting in different ways," said Anne Whittaker, senior policy adviser, investments, at the peak superannuation interest group. "So what we've done is we've developed standardised spreadsheets." The standardised forms capture information on super ...

AUI JVs a winning formula

... quartile performers. According to a Mercer fixed income survey, Vianova Asset Management is the number one Australian fixed interest manager for the year to 31 March 2007. Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital's wholesale microcap trust gained a high 21.72 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... Australian share market opened higher today following a new record high for the Dow and the Reserve Bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged, as expected. All the major sectors were trading strongly in what analysts said was an "enthusiastic" ...