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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... Victoria and Queensland fell by just a couple of per cent less. The likelihood of the US Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates lessened yesterday with the release of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index which fell from 54.5 ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... allocated pensions and added six new investment options, including: the Merrill Lynch Monthly Income Fund; Schroders Fixed Interest Fund; IOOF Perennial Global Property Fund; IOOF Perennial Australian Growth Trust; Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... share price index contract was down 31 points at 5,162. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia announces its decision on interest rates and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases August international trade data. The Australian stock market inched ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
When the Reserve Bank meets today to consider the economy and whether or not they should raise interest rates, some pressure against an upward move has come from the survey of the construction industry by the Master Builders Association. The index of ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... index contract was down 22 points at 5,178. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia meets to decide whether it will raise interest rates and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases August retail trade data and building approvals data. The market heavyweights ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... Australian shares ended the day stronger yesterday as commodity prices firmed and broader market confidence lifted trader interest in previously underperforming stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 20.7 points at 5113.9 while the all ordinaries ...

Zurich corporate super businesses for sale

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Zurich Australia is selling off its corporate superannuation businesses Zurich i.super_invest Superannuation (i.super) and Finium Super Master Plan, informing staff this morning that management are currently in discussions with a "number of interested ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... a lot of uncertainly as to how that will filter out," she said, noting that as yet there are no specifics on possible interest in the drugs maker and retailer. Stocks rose overnight on Wall St to help the Dow Jones index to its second-highest close ever ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... than expected situation for the US housing sector greatly reduces the chance of the US Federal Reserve Bank increasing interest rates as they did for 17 consecutive occasions until their last opportunity and indeed now there is speculation that rates ...

First time home buyers locked out: Genworth

... said they would be willing to use it. Broadly speaking, a shared equity product allows the borrower to make capital and interest payments on, say, 80 per cent of the purchase amount and share the equity or the upside of the remaining 20 per cent with ...