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Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... seems - remains in dire straits. Canada's official interest rates remain at a record low 0.25 per cent six months after the Bank of Canada (BoC) took them there back in April this year. Like the rest of the world, the Canadian economy have been experiencing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... news on Wednesday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases consumer price index data for the September quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor, financial, Malcolm Edey addresses the FINSIA Financial Services Conference. The Federal ...

AUI raises redemptions for Mortgage Income

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... investors in the MIT following changes to its redemption arrangement last year after the Government introduced guarantees over bank deposits. "We think it is unlikely that any mortgage fund will again offer daily redemptions for investors; however our ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... ING RE, which is run from the Amsterdam office, has $13 billion of assets. ING Direct Australia is the fifth largest retail bank in the country and has more than 1.35 million customers.

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group has bought Canadian investment dealer Blackmont Capital for $95 million ($C93.3 million) as the finance giant's global buying spree continues, and will rename the firm Macquarie Private Wealth. Macquarie announced on the ASX today that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... declined 15 cents to $23.70 ahead of its full-year earnings report on Thursday, and after chief executive Mike Smith said the bank would be reluctant to increase variable home loan rates till it really had to. National Australia Bank, which reports full-year ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases producer price index data for September quarter. In company news, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Vision Group and Cardno hold annual general meetings. Boeing Commercial Airplanes issues its market outlook. The Queensland ...

Budget, what budget?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... found one in four have never budgeted in their life and, even when they do, it's to blow the lot on a holiday. St. George Bank commissioned a study on the spending and saving habits of 18-29 year old Australians. While the finding that many Gen Yers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... 6.39 per cent, to $28.13, while Woolworths gained 14 cents to $29.55. The big four banks were strong. National Australia Bank added 22 cents, or 0.72 per cent, to $30.94, Westpac advanced 69 cents, or 2.6 per cent to $27.19, and Commonwealth Bank rose ...