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Weekly economic round-up

The Australian dollar's link to commodity prices remains intact. The local currency closed last week's trading at US75.55c - its highest level in a month on the back of the continued rally in commodity prices. Although softer at 351.8 points at the ...

Daily economic update

The Australian economy added 2,100 jobs in December, taking the total number of employed persons to 10.033 million from 10.031 million in the previous month. Full-time employment decreased by 4,800 to 7.141 million while part-time employment increased ...

Asgard enables advice through one-click software

Asgard Wealth Solutions is backing up its core strategy of 'enabling advice' with the planned late-2006 release of a 'state-of-the-art' software solution that will consolidate the software programs financial planners use in the day-to-day running of ...

DirectPortfolio to launch SMA Lite

Separately managed account (SMA) specialist DirectPortfolio Services plans to tap into the Gen X and Gen Y market with a slimmed down version of their product to be called 'SMA Lite'. An SMA is like a managed fund except an SMA structure allows clients ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower, with a weak lead from Wall Street after a five-day rally. Yesterday the Dow Jones industrial average traded above 11,000 for the first time in four-and-a-half years. Gold is also weaker today, having ...

Mac Media broaden debt with Taiwanese broadband buy

Macquarie Media Group (MMG) has been bankrolled by Macquarie Bank to snap up its first acquisition offshore, Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC). The deal brought together Macquarie Bank and MMG in a joint venture which outlaid $1.9 billion for 100 ...

Daily Economic Update

... are also looking good with regards to the interest rate outlook in America. US consumer prices fell by 0.6 per cent in November -- its steepest decline since July 1949. The core CPI (ex-food and energy) rose BY 0.2 per cent. Expectations were for a decline ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 7 per cent over the year to end October, according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors (Greenwich-Van). "Many hedge fund strategies, with the exception of short sellers and convertible ...

Market wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as US markets set a bearish tone, one that will be exacerbated on the domestic bourse by further weakness in base metals overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index is ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian consumer confidence fell by 2.7 per cent to 104.7 in November from 107.6 in the previous month. According to Westpac, concern over higher interest rates and the fall in house prices were chiefly responsible for the drop in consumer confidence. ...