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Inflation up but lower than expected

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
The producer price index - effectively the wholesale inflation rate - remained unchanged in the first quarter at an annual rate of 2.8 per cent, lower than market expectations of a 0.6 per cent rise for the quarter, leaving the annual rate losing pace ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on the back of Wall Street's record close and strong commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0810 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 50 points to 6,278. The Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
The Australian share market remained on a high at noon after stocks shattered records at opening this morning. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points to 6204.3, while the all ordinaries jumped 4.5 points to 6188.1. On the Sydney ...

Reverse mortgages jump 80 per cent to $1.5 billion

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
Australia's emerging reverse mortgage market is growing at 80 per cent a year, the consulting actuary Deloitte Trowbridge reported yesterday. The country's 16 reverse mortgage lenders had $1.5 billion of loans on their books at December 31, up from ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after gains in US stocks on Friday, triggered by positive company profits outlooks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0709 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 21 points to 6,195. ...

Mortgage brokers bounce back in latest mystery shop

Mortgage and Finance brokers have beaten stereotypes to come up well in a survey of 104 members by the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, contrasting sharply with a recent CHOICE magazine report criticising the integrity of brokers selling ...

Vanguard grows marketing team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed two new marketing and communications executives to report to head of marketing, Colin Bold. Jodie Levitski joins Vanguard as marketing communications and PR manager, bringing over 13 years experience to the ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...

Fincorp lookalike under scrutiny

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has slapped a 'stop order' on the latest prospectus of Australian Capital Reserve (ACR), another high-yield debenture provider that employed the same aggressive marketing tactics as Fincorp. ...