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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006

When the Reserve Bank meets today to consider the economy and whether or not they should raise interest rates, some pressure against an upward move has come from the survey of the construction industry by the Master Builders Association. The index of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006

The Australian stockmarket was lower at midday, continuing to follow a Wall St lead on the back of interest rate jitters in the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 31.3 points lower at 5077.4 while the all ordinaries dropped 30.8 ...

HFA trading off and racing

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006

Shares in HFA Holdings Ltd began conditional trading at noon today after parent company MFS concluded its successful initial public offer (IPO). MFS will retain a 38.7 per cent stake in HFA and managing director of MFS, Philip Adams, said the healthy ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006

The Australian share market should open firmer as a combination of a surge in US stocks, record commodity and base metal prices and fresh highs in the oil price virtually ensure an extension of yesterday's gains. Whilst there is the potential for some ...

Market wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006

Futures levels point to a stronger opening on the Australian share market following a positive lead from Wall Street. Stronger-than-expecter earnings from US aerospace company Boeing Co pushed blue-chip US stocks higher overnight. The local bourse closed ...

Costello pledges $18bn to pump-prime his Future Fund

The Future Fund legislation will be pushed through Parliament today, with Treasurer Peter Costello announcing an initial allocation of $18 billion towards the fund charged with managing the federal government's unfunded super liabilities. Costello's ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2005

The Australian share market is likely to open broadly unchanged in early trade as fallout from a raft of announcements yesterday and some earnings results set the tone for the local bourse. With US markets closed overnight for a Labor Day holiday, the ...

CBA and APRA discuss IFRS implications

AAP | TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2005

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is in talks with the financial services regulator over the impact of new international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on its accounts. The bank is talking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

CBA to replace Murray with Air NZ executive

Commonwealth Bank has named Air New Zealand head Ralph Norris as its new chief executive officer to replace retiring David Murray later this year. The announcement ends speculation over Murray's future and his potential replacement with St George head ...

Optus and Vodafone finalise $700m 3G joint venture

AAP | FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2004

The race is on to see which of Australia's biggest telecommunications companies will be the first to launch third generation (3G) network services to its customers. Optus and Vodafone Australia today announced they had signed a binding agreement to ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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