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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open little changed on a flat lead from Wall Street and lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0725 AEDT, the March share price index contract was steady at 5793. On the corporate front today ...

Small caps lead IPO action

More than three quarters of companies that listed on the stock market last year were small caps and they will likely dominate the round of IPOs this year, according to HLB Mann Judd. A total of 165 companies were listed last year, of which 142 were ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street, despite patchy base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0657 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up 23 points at 5793. On the ...

Salary sacrifice now three times more powerful

Salary sacrifice will become an even more powerful saving tool for Gen-Xers under Costello's latest Budget, allowing those 35 and under the option of saving at least three times more than in previous years. According to MLC, under existing rules, those ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
The just released National Australian Bank Monthly Business Survey for December 2006 has noted that although business conditions remain strong there has been some softening from the strong levels reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
The Australian stock market at noon was still in record territory as investors were buoyed by lower-than-expected inflation figures. The market also was boosted by a solid lead from United States markets, and stronger prices for base metals, oil and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Consumer Price Index data has just been released by the ABS showing that inflation is now running at 3.3 per cent on an annual basis, above the Reserve Bank's target range of 2-3 per cent. The CPI did, however, decrease from the September to the December ...

Macquarie takes first in full service broking

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Macquarie has been confirmed as the leading full service stockbroker for 2006 according to IRESS Market Data. Data released by IRESS shows Macquarie significantly leading all other competitors for nine out of the 12 months to the end of 2006. "During ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has criticised the Federal Government's record on productivity citing a report by the OECD which says that Australia's spending on higher education has fallen by 7 per cent over the last decade while there was an increase ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

Canadian pension funds returned a healthy 12.9 per cent for their CAD$340 billion in funds under management in the year ended 31 December 2006, according to global investor services group RBC Dexia Investor Services. "With many of the world's major ...