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Max Super to go max Direct with investment funds

... enquiries they have received grows by the week. And it doesn't hurt that max Super's 'barking dog' logo has piqued the interest and the imagination of the young demographic, suggesting that the minnow fund could soon be a force to be reckoned with. Michelle ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... KONG - Stocks skidded 1.86 per cent, their biggest one-day percentage decline in two months as China's move to raise interest rates unsettled investors, prompting a broad sell-off. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 322.82 points to 17,007.88. WELLINGTON ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity and the present interest rate regime ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... company climbed 17 cents to $19.83 by 1016 AEST. Rival grocer Coles Myer, which soared last week with the news of takeover interest from foreign groups, put on another 10 cents to $13.55. In the US last Friday, stocks closed higher for the fifth consecrate ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... were regarded as less important. AXA believes this may mean they are bumped off the agenda altogether as petrol prices, interest rate and inflation pressures start to bite. "That's the real challenge for insurance providers - if we can't make a contemporary ...

Super communication to evolve with choice

... marketing manager Wayne Sullivan noted that since choice was introduced, a growing number of Australians are starting to take interest in their super. "Super was previously seen as an intangible thing that they have to have whether they like it or not. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... six points to 5,012 on a volume of 7,308 contracts. Man Financial broker Anthony Anderson said takeover speculation, interest rates and commodities were dictating what had been a largely quiet morning. "It's been something of a low volume day with the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... back-to-back rallies on Tuesday and Wednesday when tame inflation data raised hope the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates again next month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 7.84 points to 11,334.96, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest rate rise. The index recorded its second largest fall since the survey began 30 years ago and is only slightly above the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... dropped and investors interpreted a tame increase in core consumer prices to mean the US central bank would not raise interest rates in the short term. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 96.86 points to 11,327.12, while the Standard & Poor's 500 ...