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Weekly Economic Roundup

The Australian dollar's continued decline dominated domestic financial market activity last week. The local currency fell to US$0.7297 last Friday morning before closing just above the US$0.7300 mark. The A$ slid to its lowest level in a year on the ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian dollar slid to its lowest level in a year, falling below US$0.73 in overnight trade, on the back of yesterday's reports showing the second consecutive monthly fall in Australian employment and a decline in inflation expectations. These ...

Daily Economic Update

Economic reports released today reinforce the outlook that the Reserve Bank of Australia will keep interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent in the 'foreseeable future.' The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that employment fell by 19,800 in October ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as US markets retreated on concerns about the housing sector, although a raft of domestic news is expected to drive the local bourse today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

AXA makes sweeping changes to property funds

AXA has announced sweeping changes to their wholesale and retail Australian property funds to allow greater flexibility and liquidity in a highly competitive property environment. First, AXA will broaden its investment scope to include New Zealand direct ...

Interest rates stay steady

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates steady following its 1 November Board meeting. The central bank does not issue an accompanying statement when it leaves monetary policy unchanged. The official cash rate has remained at 5.5 per ...

S&P rates Macquarie's Fusion Funds

Standard and Poor's (S&P) have assigned Macquarie's Fusion Funds a "Recommended" rating, prior to the fund's November 9 application opening. S&P reports that the fund allows investors to get 100 per cent geared exposure to a selection of nine managed ...

ABA counters international non-compliance findings

The Australian Banker's Association (ABA) has spoken out after a report claims Australia is not compliant with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) proposals. The ABA has conceded that it is not surprised by the findings ...

More draft FSR regulations released

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has released draft regulations implementing a number of proposed refinements to Financial Services Regulation (FSR). The draft regulations seek to better define the distinction between retail ...

AXA to help advisers with succession strategies

Financial services group AXA will launch a range of business solutions in November designed to help financial advisers with succession planning and the sale or purchase of their practices. The initiative comes in response to a report that revealed nearly ...