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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
The end of financial year has flagged strong profits for some, but as a slew of tax statements are received by investors some are bound to be shocked by hefty bills, highlighting that the domestic industry is a laggard in after-tax reporting. But that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
The release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest ...

HFA goes from strength to stronger profits

Absolute return fund manager HFA Holdings has announced a better than expected set of numbers in its first year as a public company, with shareholders enjoying healthy share price appreciation. HFA recorded a 113 per cent increase in funds under management ...

Super changes drive up bottom line: Rice Walker

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
Rice Walker Actuaries believes that recent proposed changes to the superannuation industry being pushed through by the Howard Government will drive accumulated assets up 16 per cent above previous estimates by the year 2020. Speaking at a seminar at ...

BT Wrap blasts through $25bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
BT Financial Group has announced a huge 39 per cent hike in funds under administration for its BT Wrap, taking the headline figure to $25 billion. For the 12 months to June 2006 BT announced a 39 per cent jump in funds under administration, a 45 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Woodside Petroleum chairman, Charles Goode, has announced that the energy producer is likely to soon get approval to supply the Californian market with LNG via specially designed ships which will anchor off the US coast and then pump the gas through ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...