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AXA online gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
AXA's new electronic application system has been met with an optimistic response from its advisers - putting the firm a step closer to ramping up its presence in the life insurance sphere. Recently establishing "Vision 2012", a goal that aims to propel ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Job vacancies in Australia are finally responding to changing economic conditions falling 1.3 per cent in February to 180,300, the first time they've gone backwards in 11 quarters. The fall doesn't however yet signify an end to the job vacancy bull-run ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slid as investors sold off financial shares on fears that funding for leveraged buyouts could dry up and hurt bank profits. Base metals were up in London. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Australian stocks remained firmly in the black at noon after the US Federal Reserve's 75 basis point interest-rate cut and solid results from two major investment banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 156.1 points, or 3.07 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0637 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 70 points at 5215. Today, New Zealand retailer The Warehouse Group ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
The Australian share market was down almost 1.5 per cent at noon, led by financial stocks weighed by problems in credit markets. An unexpected fall in the unemployment rate also influenced the fall, on fears that interest rates may increase again. At ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
The Australian share market opened marginally lower on a flat US lead and weaker base metal prices. At 1010 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.4 points, or 0.65 per cent, to 5223.5, while the broader All Ordinaries was down 31.3 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Australian shares had surged by almost four per cent at noon led by banking stocks after the US Federal Reserve announced a $US200 billion liquidity injection into the financial sector overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained ...

Good management pays, governance not yet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Yet more evidence is emerging that while investing in companies with good corporate governance may not lead to better returns, investing in well run companies and those following good climate change policies just might. Reputex, an investment research ...