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PMI appoints Qld senior relationship manager

PMI Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has appointed a new senior relationship manager for Queensland. Paul Legate will join the group with the task of working with lenders to consolidate and strengthen the use of PMI products among customers and to grow the ...

Daily economic update

... his comments and the euro is falling sharply against the dollar. This might be the ECB's aim - to reduce the euro's strength -- in order to help sustain the Eurozone's still export=dependent economy. Bottomline; While more rate hikes are still expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as continued improvement in gold and precious metal prices, as well as further oil price gains, point to another strong day for the local resources sector. US stocks are providing a weak ...

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold for the 13th month in a row, but Access Economics tips that rates will go north following any possible tax cuts in in May's budget announcement. Access Economics director, Chris Richardson ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian consumer spending continues to gain momentum and the housing slowdown looks to be nearing the end. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) latest report shows that retail sales grew by a faster-than-expected 0.7 per cent in February - the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a positive lead from the US sets the tone for the domestic bourse. However, base metals were a bit weaker overnight, which could cap resource stocks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as base and precious metals trod water overnight, although weakness in US stocks following the decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates is expected to flow through to the local market. ...

Bellwether brings on board head of research

Bellwether Partners announced that it has beefed up its research team, appointing experienced analyst Ross Bird as head of research. Managing director of Bellwether Partners, Bruce Bell, explained that the appointment strengthened Bellwether's qualitative ...

Institutional investors drawn to developed markets: State Street

Developed markets such as Canada, Chile, Norway and Singapore have attracted the largest amount of fund inflows over the last week, suggesting a thematic shift from 'safety first' to 'leverage', according to the latest research note from State Street ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer and could threaten the 5000 mark again as positive commodity price developments and a continued solid lead from US markets provides the basis for another push forward. As well, earnings from Coles ...