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Market retreats ahead of rates reprieve

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... be expected that trading would ease and the Australian dollar would stall ahead of this mornings RBA announcement on interest rates. But despite a lack of surprises from the central bank, with interest rates remaining on hold at 6.25 per cent, the dollar ...

Adelaide leverages a five-star rating

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... service capabilities in this exciting growing market," Blewitt said. CANNEX awards ratings based on characteristics such as interest rates, fees and charges, loan to value ratio (LVR), features, and number of shares/funds available.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... Australia will release its decision this morning, following yesterday's board meeting, on the immediate level of official interest rates. In economic news, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will release its skilled vacancies ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
With inflation at a two-year low most economists are tipping there's next to no chance the RBA will hatch an interest rate rise this month. In fact, Foxtel's business news was headlining that RBA rates were on hold, just hours after the CPI figures ...

Bigger teams, more products for fixed interest: S&P

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
Fixed interest managers are increasing the size of their teams and evolving their products to meet retail expectations, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P). The inaugural S&P fixed interest sector report surveyed both the Australian fixed interest ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... Index for April will be released. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly board meeting today with interest rates on the agenda. The Reserve also will release its commodity price index for April. The Victorian state budget will be handed ...

Inflation could still rain on the parade

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Interest rates may be on hold for another six months and we could see a larger than expected cash surplus resulting in multi-billion dollar pre-election tax cuts. Fears of increasing consumer spending impacting inflation would already seem justified ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... mainland shares, falling 0.68 per cent, with Chinese financial plays sliding on worries China was preparing to raise interest rates ahead of a long holiday next week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 140.79 points to end at 20,526.50, for a ...

Online savings with Suncorp

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... positions, fast set-up, fast trade execution and easy information access. It also offers the additional benefit of lower interest rates as a margin loan reaches certain balance thresholds, giving it advantages over standard margin lending products. David ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... tempered by caution ahead of Friday's data on economic growth and wage inflation, which could offer clues to the outlook for interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 15.61 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 13,105.50. The Standard & Poor's ...