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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open lower dampened by weakness on Wall Street and amid caution ahead of local inflation figures. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 37 points to 4905 at 0740 AEST. Today ...

Lo-doc lending headaches

Are lo-doc loans too high maintenance? While the Big Four banks have all jumped on the lo-doc bandwagon, consulting firm Deloitte said other finance groups are starting to question the business model behind non-conforming loans. Lo-doc loans or non-conforming ...

Small caps can keep on delivering: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... of 3.8 per cent after fees over the June quarter, beating the benchmark which returned -1.9 per cent. Another pleasing figure for management is that, since inception in November 2004, the small caps fund has returned 57.8 per cent, outperforming the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open higher after a bounce on Wall Street and other overseas markets overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 20 points to 5129 at 0801 AEST. Today, mining explorer Mutiny ...

Life insurance industry no more

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
Insurance companies received $35.8 billion in premiums in 2005, but despite a surging market this is still down 2 per cent for the year. Figures just released by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) show an industry under continued ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... putting pressure on housing, the market is experiencing an orderly slowdown and not a hard landing. The May housing starts figure remains below March's 1.97 million annual rate and has taken the three-month average to 1.93 million units - the lowest ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... increase in core inflation in May marked the third straight month that this measure came in above market expectations. The May figure also took the latest three-month core inflation rate to 3.6 per cent -- the highest since April 1995. This is important ...

Active managing pays during market correction: Mercer

The latest figures from Mercer Investment Consulting suggest that active managing does pay with many fund managers standing their ground against the market correction in May. Mercer has just released their latest survey on the returns of fund managers ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... inflation rose by 0.3 per cent in May - the third straight month that the measure came in above market expectations. The latest figure took the latest three-month core inflation rate to 3.6 per cent -- its highest level since April 1995. This is important ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as a positive lead from the US and a mild recovery in commodity prices creates enough momentum for the domestic bourse to push back into the black. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the June ...