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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0736 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down ten points at 5,444. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

NSW Bookmakers and Perpetual top super tables

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The latest Rainmaker/SelectingSuper Performance Tables have revealed continuing strong returns for default and Australian shares options for super funds, with NSW Bookmakers topping the default options scorecard and Perpetual leading the pack in Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The three interest rate hikes this year in May, August and November have taken their toll on the housing industry, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Building approvals data shows that on a seasonally adjusted ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
New evidence about the state of the US economy suggests that the soft landing scenario that most have been expecting is showing signs of being a little harder than anticipated. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index decreased from ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has appointed a leading public servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Australian retails sales data just released by the ABS shows that over the last month there was a 0.8 per cent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis following the revised increase of 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
ABS international trade data shows that Australia's trade imbalance increased in October by $535 million on the revised September figure to tally to a deficit of $1.26 billion. Exports rose by about 2 per cent to $18,047 million whereas imports rose ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger on gains from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0747 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 42 points at 5,492. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases October financial ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

Schroders beefs up distribution

During November Schroders appointed Brian Scott as head of sales and Stephen Kwa as their new marketing manager and are looking to hire even more staff to expand their distribution arm. The group has been on the recruitment trail since the start of ...