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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... economic front today, the latest consumer price index (CPI) data for the September quarter, a likely indicator of future interest rate moves, will be a focus of the market. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will also release its skilled ...

Schroders welcomes new head of sales

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... while Mark Bourgeois and Hayden Briscoe stepped into newly created senior positions in the institutional sales and fixed interest teams earlier this month. Cooper said Scott's appointment completed the round of strategic senior appointments planned for ...

What savings problem?

... still fairly simple with 59 per cent putting their money in regular cheque or savings accounts, 31 per cent using high interest savings accounts and 19 per cent opting for internet savings accounts. Only a small proportion choose alternative strategies ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... equity in a controlled and responsible way." Bluestone will be taking across the Tasman their lifetime fixed or capped interest rate reverse mortgages, a key aspect of their reverse mortgage engineering which gives customers predictability and security ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

... which topped the UBS Australian Inflation 0+ years index in the year to August 31. Warren Bird, co-head of global fixed interest and credit at CFS said that while government issuance is limited, there are plenty of inflation-linked bonds coming out of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... their stage in the production cycle, are a warning about the coming national inflation data which will affect the RBA's interest rates decision on 7 November. Analysis by Professor Bob Birrell of Monash University in tandem with the Australian Doctors ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... indication that the CPI (consumer price index) figures later this week might put pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates," Mr Klusman said. He said the big mover of the day was insurance company Suncorp. "People had expected a bid for Suncorp ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Speaking at the Catholic Social Services Australia Conference on Wednesday, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer, Richard Gilbert, urged the not-for-profit sector to get more involved with industry to help underpin ...

Real estate commissions better than advisers': REIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... the investor." REIA acknowledged that real estate agents also charge commissions. "The agent acts in the client's best interest and attracts a fee, usually a commission, payable by the client in respect of a successful transaction," they said. These ...

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... "SEQUAL believes that it is often preferable for retirees to drawdown funds on a regular basis, in order to better manage interest, which accumulates at a slower rate than with a lump sum draw down," Dell said. "It is also interesting that only about ...