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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher on the strong cue from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 96 points at 5011 at 0736 AEST. Today, the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton will release ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open lower dampened by weakness on Wall Street and amid caution ahead of local inflation figures. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 37 points to 4905 at 0740 AEST. Today ...

REST hits $10.5bn on a strong FY06

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
The country's largest industry fund in terms of membership, REST, handed out its largest dollar distribution to members in the history of the fund after strong earnings for the 2006 financial year saw the fund grow by $2.1 billion to reach over $10.5 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was UP 33 points to 5133 at 0745 AEST. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release ...

IUS appoints group risk manager

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
Group income protection insurance provider IUS has recruited a manager of group risk to its life insurance team. Damon Purkiss, formerly assistant manager institutional business for MetLife, will take on the role, focusing on product development, pricing ...

REST appoints new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
REST Superannuation has appointed Damian Hill as its new chief executive officer. Hill steps into the role from his position of general manager administration, having been with REST for seven years. He replaces outgoing chief executive officer Neil ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly lower after falling base metal prices overnight, which will weigh on resource stocks, and a mixed lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was four points lower ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) finally put to rest market speculation over monetary policy by raising the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a five year high of 5.75 per cent. The RBA last lifted interest rates in March 2005. Market expectations ...

Rate hike catches economists unaware

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) handed down a controversial decision today to lift the official cash rate from 5.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent, a move economists say caught many unawares. Benjamin Ong, chief economist with the Financial Standard Intelligence ...