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ING Australia disappoints

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... "We're well placed for an acquisition, as is our partner. The problem is, there's nothing to buy. We don't have a big interest in general insurance. We're mainly associated with banking. We are very interested in life insurance and in wealth administration. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... lurched up one per cent to a five-month high, as it celebrated Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard's decision to keep interest rates steady. The NZSX-50 index closed up 38.43 points to 3,705.44.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... prices are all a bit firmer and that's been reflected in those stocks. And banking is very strong, which is probably interest rate and inflationary related."

Optimum time for super: Mariner

Mariner Financial has appointed its head of technical services, Kate Anderson, to the new role of superannuation and retirement strategist, a critical step as Mariner revs up to introduce new superannuation-related financial planning strategies and ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... cent in 2007 and has warned that the commodity price boom is likely to put upward pressure on inflation and therefore interest rates. The IMF has also published a report on the empirical evidence behind the Laffer Curve hypothesis, which says that lower ...

Fix debt ahead of rate rise: ANZFP

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) likely to increase interest rates next month and possibly in March after the latest inflation figures were released, ANZ Financial Planning's general manager, Mike Goodall, has urged consumers to re-evaluate ...

AUI tops $4b FUM

... classes we now offer, including a range of property funds, mortgage funds, domestic and international equity, and fixed interest funds, gives us a solid base for further expansion and attracting increased inflows." It has been a busy 24 months for the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... 12,147.97 -- another record intra-day high -- shortly after the US Federal Reserve announced its decision to keep benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 per cent and said inflationary pressures are likely to decrease. The Dow headed lower once more ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... resources sector despite a higher-than-expected increase in the latest consumer price index data, a key indicator of future interest rate moves. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 17.6 points to 5,334.70, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... cent annual rate. This suggests that the coming RBA meeting on 7 November will see the board under pressure to raise interest rates given its target of keeping inflation in between 2-3 per cent. A comforting thought is that while the September quarter ...