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Hands off our turf: Westpac

Funds must make it easier to amalgamate small accounts: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
Treasurer Peter Costello, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) conference this week, said the superannuation industry must work harder to make amalgamations of small accounts easier. "Kids have got a whole lot of part-time ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street and weaker commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 22 points at 5,178. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Real estate a global game: LaSalle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
Globally is simply the best way to look at your listed real estate allocation, according to LaSalle Investment Management Real Estate Securities. According to managing director, Stanley Kraska, Jr, there are two simple reasons that global listed real ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger today following a firm lead from Wall Street on better than expected US jobs numbers on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contact was up 36 points at 5,109 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute's Leading Index rose by 1.8 points in June resulting in a year on year growth rate of 5.3 per cent, the highest monthly reading since March 2004. The index measures four components of future activity in the approvals ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker, following a surprise lift in rates by the Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB). On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 11 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Sydney - the share market is expected to open stronger, after a solid lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0741 AEST, the September share price index contract was up 37 points at 4,940. Today the National Australia Bank second quarter ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Competent is a long way from professional, professional is not something that should be prescribed by the regulators and, as an industry, we've had our focus all wrong, according to Financial Services Educators Agency Australia (FSEAA) general manager ...