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Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006

... economics front the Reserve Bank of Australia meets today, although economists were unanimous in their expectation that interest rates would remain unchanged at 5.50 per cent. NEW YORK - US stocks got off to a strong start for the second quarter, helped ...

Weekly economic round-up

... with Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England and the European Central Bank meetings to deliberate on their respective interest rate settings. The end of last week's financial market activity also marked the close of the first quarter of 2006. The ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 3 APR 2006

... investors booked profits in recent gainers like China Mobile, while property shares languished under the prospect of further interest rate increases. The Hang Seng index dropped 75.65 points to 15,805.04, up 88.58 points on the week. WELLINGTON - A late ...

Babcock & Brown runs with the wind

... Babcock &Brown Wind Partners is one of a growing list of companies that are benefiting from the local market's strong interest in green investments, with other players being Macquarie and Industry Fund Management's Pacific Hydro.

Daily Economic Update

... willingness to open up their wallets. The consumer confidence index rose by 1.8 per cent in February buoyed by steady interest rates and a 1.5 per cent drop in petrol prices over the same month. Likewise, the economy added 25,900 jobs in February - the ...

ASIC pursues Citigroup for alleged insider trading

... insider trading activity. ASIC filed a civil proceeding in the Federal Court against Citigroup, alleging conflicts of interest breaches and insider trading around Citigroup's role as adviser on the Toll Holdings takeover bid for Patrick Corporation last ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... privatisations specialist. Doyle is current chair of the PSS and CSS boards and formerly was manager of equities and fixed interest for Queensland's Suncorp Insurance while also having been chief general manager of NRMA Asset Management. Elstone is the ...

Market wrap

AAP | FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2006

... after economic data sparked new inflation concerns and pushed Treasury yields to their highest level in nearly two years. Interest-rate-sensitive stocks fell on fears that the Federal Reserve will have to extend its interest-rate raising campaign to ...

Daily economic update

... record highs and looks likely to stay at high levels given the threat of increased outsourcing by German companies, higher interest rates, expensive petrol prices and an expected increase in the value-added tax. The news in Japan was not so good. Japanese ...

PSS and CSS boards to merge

Fund consolidation pressures apply in the public sector too, and so the trustee boards that drive Australia's two commonwealth public sector super funds, PSS and CSS, are to merge. The proposed new structure will be called the Australian Reward Investment ...

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ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI

Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI

NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

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