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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2006
... unchanged at 5.50 per cent. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower on worries about rising interest rates after the 10-year Treasury note's yield hit a 21-month high and as energy shares slipped with crude oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average was down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
... economists will be looking at January trade data. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Thursday as oil prices increased sharply and Treasury bond yields rose, while same-store retail sales for February disappointed the market. Concern that benchmark interest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2006
... in crude oil prices weighing on market heavyweights like energy shares. A spike in bond yields after a disappointing Treasury note auction hurt shares of banks and insurers. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 67.95 points at 11,069.22. The Standard ...

Market wrap

... governor Ian Macfarlane speaks in Sydney while the National Australia Bank releases its November business survey and treasury's David Gruen also speaks in Sydney. On the equities front David Jones is expected to unveil its capital management plan. NEW ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... lowest since August last year and well-below the 4.2 per cent annual rate posted in August 2005. Speeches by RBA and Treasury officials dominate this week's trading activity. Tomorrow, the Australian Treasury's David Gruen speaks on 'Australia's medium-term ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

Hedge funds and alternative investments will not be ruled out of the Future Fund according to Treasury officials, ending months of uncertainty that kept hedge and alternatives fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body ...

New director for Heritage CU

... East & Partners have reported that Australia's largest building society Heritage has appointed financial markets and treasury expert Susan Campbell to the board. Heritage chairman Brian Carter said Campbell, who is based in Melbourne, would add financial ...

Australia exports financial literacy

... workplaces and in schools. He will meet with Citigroup Australia, YWCA, the NSW Department of Education and Training, The Treasury, and the Financial Literacy Foundation. His visit to Australia will include visits to schools already implementing a range ...

NRMA award IXIS funds-to-funds mandate

... million mandate from NRMA Motoring Services, in a funds-to-funds management move, aimed to help improve their $750 million treasury portfolio. Senior manager of investments for NRMA motoring services, Dianne Day said the move to funds-of-funds management ...

Government to allow super splitting

... the principle that couples should be able to plan effectively for retirement together&The Assistant Treasurer and the Treasury are to be commended on this Bill." The Government's statement also says the new measure are primarily aimed at helping women ...