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Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
With our Aussie dollar flirting around the US86c mark, it's keeping a lid on inflation but exporters, except those sending cream cheese to Korea, are really feeling the bite. Our dollar's strength is positively impacting imports, and price increases ...

Economic round-up: Currency and commodities

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
The Aussie dollar just fell short of US86Ac overnight, supported by interest rate speculation, yen-funded carry trade activity and a commodities boom that is now tipped to plateau. While the local currency climbed to a new 18 year high of US85.98Ac ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... market in shares is alive and well and this is likely to remain the case for some time to come," he said. Meanwhile the Aussie dollar had a big Friday night out in New York, hitting an 18-year high of US0.8494.

Aussies in ever greater debt: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Continued global growth, corresponding liquidity and a "voracious appetite for risk" have driven Australians to record debt levels, beating the US, France, the UK and Italy over the last five years, according to MLC. MLC investment strategist, Brian ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... years and apparently our strong dollar is in no small part to blame. A study by the Australian Industry Group flagged the Aussie dollar as weighing down manufacturing exports, just a week before our dollar rose again to trade at US84c. The study claims ...

Inalytics wins first Aussie mandate

One of the largest fund managers in the country Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has appointed the local arm of London-based research consultancy group Inalytics to help analyse fund managers' investment skills within QIC's portfolios. "In a ...

Internationals in rare win over Aussies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
International equity markets outperformed Australian shares in May for the first time since January this year, according to the latest Mercer Consulting sector survey. The survey said that sustained global growth, low inflation and continued merger ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... Australia's superannuation industry in Sydney. On the markets, the Hay Group Report on executive remuneration is due out. Aussie Q Resources Ltd will list on the ASX at 1030. Weak base metal prices and a poor performance from Wall Street took its toll ...

Australia trailing towards the future

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... industry to be much more transparent, giving far better advice, something that Australians were willing to pay for, he said. "Aussie investors don't mind paying for advice, as long as it's quality," he said. However, people still needed more education ...

Aussie businesses still risky: Deloitte

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Nearly 60 per cent of Australian businesses still lack adequate risk management and training, according to a spot poll of 50 top 100 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and government organisations conducted by Deloitte last week. Of the chief risk ...