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Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Tourism in New South Wales's is set to receive a government-sponsored boost in September as Sydney residents are given the big heave-ho. The APEC summit of world leaders, to be held from 7-9 September, is expected to cause traffic and transport chaos ...

Aviva signs away signatures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
Aviva has begun rolling out its time-saving underwriting platform Riskfirst, with advisers able to complete policies completely electronically and signature free. Advisers can still receive a signed client declaration, but the process is not dependant ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Some good news on the agricultural commodities front has at last surfaced with the recent rains across the eastern seaboard improving the condition and consequently the selling prices for sheep, cattle and wheat. Sheep prices have about tripled in the ...

AUI bulks up healthcare property portfolio

Amid the lack of cheap healthcare assets in the property market, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) pounced on the chance to buy properties with three medical centres and redevelopment potential for just over $9 million. AUI's healthcare property trust ...

BT partners to cut platform costs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
BT has launched BT Wrap Advantage, a new initiative which will deliver improved services and efficiencies to advisers and participating fund managers and lowers platform costs for the 75,000 users of the $31 billion platform. BT has worked with 15 participating ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The Australian share market has opened higher as takeover activity and speculation helped shrug off a negative US lead. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.1 points to 5,479.70, while the all ordinaries gained 5.8 points to 5,461.9. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Australian stock market was strong at noon with the big miners and gains in Telstra driving the bourse upwards. The market was also buoyed by Fairfax Media's move to acquire Rural Press and create a $9 billion media group. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it will not lift the cash rate from its present level of 6.25 per cent. This may be seen as a consequence of further evidence of a slowing national economy as retail sales remain flat, new motor vehicle sales ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

Financial advisers looking for a global equities fund with a twist should look no further than Schroders Global Active Value, a fund that invests in shares outside the traditional global benchmark MSCI World Index. Schroders chief executive, Greg Cooper ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Australia's stop-start superannuation reforms in the last decade, that have focused more on choice rather than actually boosting savings, have cost hundreds of billions of dollars in missed savings opportunities and we are only now starting to catch ...