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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... falling by 9.1 per cent on this annual basis. There was a 1.1 per cent increase in private sector houses from the July figure although because of a 37 per cent fall in the number of apartments approved. The overall number of dwellings approved in August ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... think you're going see any amazing feat in an upward direction in the next couple of weeks," he said. "But once the CPI figure is out of the way at the end of this month, I think that's going to be a real positive injection for the market." Stocks in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... period from June to September. The September quarter Consumer Price Index due for release on October 25 looks to be the key figure that the RBA will make a decision on at its next meeting on the 7th of November. Today's monthly retails sales and building ...

Less confusion, more clarity on managed accounts: IMAP

... organisation is to be the peak body representing the managed accounts industry in Australia. One of the main agenda items was to figure out which particular issues the organisation should address and one of the dominant topics was how different providers ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday revealing that on a seasonally adjusted basis the national figure stood at 154,000 in August, up by 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. However, this represented a 0.8 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 29.21 points to close at 11,718.45, its highest close for 2006. That figure also represents the Dow's second-highest close on record. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 2.56 points to 1,339.15. ...

Smooth swimming for AUI Platypus

Six months on since wealth manager Australian Unity Investments (AUI) sealed a 50-50 joint venture with top performing boutique fund manager Platypus, the newly formed AUI Platypus Australian Equities Trust continues to beat the market. Speaking at ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... rise of 2.3 per cent. ABARE noted that the winter harvest is expected to be down by about 36 per cent from the 2005-06 figure within which wheat is forecast to drop by 35 per cent, barley by 41 per cent and canola is expected to be the smallest crop ...

Australians clueless on super

... make to their total super payout," said Industry Super Fund's spokesman Garry Weaven. Weaven said that the 70 per cent figure is just too high. "Our message is simple - if you are paying sales commissions, you're being ripped off," he said. While super ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Further evidence of a slowing Australian economy came yesterday with the release of ABS figures for the August sales of new cars, which fell by 2.3 per cent. Analysis of the data shows that passenger vehicle sales fell by 1.1 per cent, other vehicles ...