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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... The S&P 500 index enjoyed a modest gain on Friday as figures showing moderate job creation in January indicated that interest rates were likely to remain stable. The job figures were the latest in a series of developments last week that indicated the ...

End for scheme scamming Greek community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... complaints. Under the scheme, investor funds were to be on-lent as secured short-term commercial and business loans at interest rates of 20 per cent or more per month. Integrated Lending promised investors returns of approximately 10 per cent a month. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... blue chips jumped 1.6 per cent as China Mobile and HSBC gained, while properties jumped after the US central bank held interest rates steady and said the inflation picture had improved. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up up 323.74 points at 20,430.16. ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... over the next couple of years, the property market could soon follow. The market downturn could be triggered by higher interest rates, less demand for direct property and the number of international investors shifting out of the local LPT market. For ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... shares ended down 0.6 per cent, as support from Corus Group was outweighed by banks ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision after the UK markets close. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,203.1 points, down 38.9 or 0.62 per cent. FRANKFURT - The ...

Centro targets SMSFs with lower min investment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
Centro Properties Group has halved the minimum investment for two of its flagship funds, the Centro Direct Property Fund (DPF) and the Centro Direct Property Fund International (DPFI). In a move Centro hoped would prove attractive to the self-managed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... prices to nearly $US57 a barrel spurred a rally in the energy sector, while skittishness before the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision limited gains. Motorola Inc shares increased after investor Carl Icahn said he would seek a seat on the board. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker trading and profitability conditions have been experienced in the interest rate sensitive retail and wholesale sectors. The business conditions index fell 3 points to +11 which is the level of mid ...

Macq's the new kid on the SMA block

The private portfolio arm of Macquarie will begin offering separately managed accounts (SMAs) from April this year, joining the growing crowd of SMA providers hitting the market since BlackRock (formerly Merrill Lynch) launched its version a year ago. ...