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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 ...

Daily economic update

Oil pushed above US$70 a barrel and continues to hover around this level as geopolitical concerns remain very high in Iran and Nigeria. Concerns over global supply shortage have also increased following reports that the Chinese economy surged by 10.2 ...

Daily Economic Update

The US National Association of Realtors (NAR) expects existing home sales to fall by 6.0 per cent this year, new home sales to drop by 10.9 per cent and housing starts to decline by 3.2 per cent. These forecasts, if proved correct, have serious ramifications ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as concerns about higher oil prices and a mixed lead from base metals create negative momentum for the domestic bourse. With stockmarkets in both Europe and the US ending weaker overnight, higher ...

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold for the 13th month in a row, but Access Economics tips that rates will go north following any possible tax cuts in in May's budget announcement. Access Economics director, Chris Richardson ...

Change of directors at JF Meridian

Director of JF Meridian Management, Tony Pitt, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by Andrew Butler, who moves from a director's role with parent company Mirvac. Pitt's resignation as trust manager is effective 28 April but as of yesterday ...

Commonwealth rearranges exec team

The Commonwealth Bank's chief executive officer, Ralph Norris, has announced significant changes to the executive management team. After just six months in the job Norris has announced that, after reviewing positions and personnel in terms of strengths ...

REST on the hunt for new CEO

Award winning fund Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) is searching for a new chief executive with long time CEO Neil Cochrane planning to step down in August. Cochrane says that, having been with the fund for five years, the fund needs a new ...

Select's alternatives "recommended"

Select Asset Management's (Select's) Alternatives Portfolio fund has been given "recommended" ratings from research houses, Lonsec and Zenith. The Alternatives Portfolio is a multi manager fund using selected listed and direct investments, including ...

Asset Super to upgrade insurance and offer super splitting

Asset Super is set to deliver twice the benefits to its members with plans to revamp its insurance offering and to allow 'contribution splitting', a tax saving strategy for couples. Asset's general manager, John Paul, said the group's insurance outsourcing ...